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Argyreia speciosa

Scientific Name
Argyreia speciosa
Family Name
Convolvulaceae
Common Names
Elephant creeper
Local Names
Samudra shokha (India)
Description
A very large climbing. Leaves ovate or cordate, glabrous above, white tomentosebeneath, long stalked. Flowers in cymes, bracts large, thin. Calyx white, tomentoseoutside; corolla funnel shaped, silky pubescent outside, tube somewhat inflated, rose-purple. Seeds two, enclosed in a stone, pale yellow-brown, apiculate, indehiscentberry. (India)
Uses
Elephantiasis, joints inflammation, rheumatic swellings, obesity, reported antiseptic,tumours, boils, promote maturation suppuration, guinea worms, drop otitis (India)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Argyreia speciosa (IPNI)

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