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Pergularia daemia
Pergularia daemia
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Pergularia daemia
(Forsk) Chiov
Synonyms :
Daemia extensa
R. Br.
Common Name :
Chamar Dudheli, Utaran
Plant Family :
Asclepiadaceae
Plant Form :
Climbers
Occurrence (Sectors) :
1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 27, 30
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park, Basan, Aranya Van
About Pergularia daemia Plant :
Habit :
A perennial twiner with milky juice, foetid, hairy.
Leaves :
Ovate, cordate, thin.
Inflorescence :
Lateral cymes.
Flowers :
Greenish-yellow, bracteates, bracts small.
Calyx lobes 5, ovate.
Corolla bell-shaped, lobes 5, corona-lobes in 2-series, the inner spurred at the base and the apex with horns.
Stamens 5, anthers erect with inflexed appendages.
Pollinia one in each cell without translators or caudicles.
Style apex exserted.
Fruit :
Follicles with soft spines. Seeds comose.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
August - January
Significance :
The plant is pungent and cooling, cures ulcers, eye troubles, urinary discharges and leucoderma.