Pergularia daemia

• 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.