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Botanical Name |
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Argyreia speciosa SWEET |
English
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Elephant Creeper, Hawaiian Baby Wood Rose and Loosestrife |
Synonym(s) |
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Argyreia nervosa (Burm. f.) Bojer, Convolvulus speciosa L., Convolvulus speciousus L. f., Convolvulus nervosus Burm. f., Ipomea speciosa (L.f.) Pers., Lettsomia nervosa (Burm.f.) Roxb., Rivera nervosa (Burm.f.) Hall. f. |
Family |
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Convolvulaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An extensive woody climber with a stout stem; young shoots and branches covered by a silky white pubescence. Leaves ovate-cordate, apiculate at tip, glabrous above, white tomentose beneath. Flowers rose-purple with 7.5 to 30 cm long, white-tomentose peduncles, borne in axillary many-flowered cymes; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 4 cm long. Fruits (berries) globose, 2 cm in diameter, apiculate, indehiscent. |
| Herb Effects |
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Stimulant, rubifacient, bitter, tonic, aphrodisiac, diuretic, stimulates cardiovascular system and alleviates spasms (seed). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Agroclavine, chanoclavines I and II, elymoclavine, festuclavine, lysergene, ergometrine and ergometrinine (ergoline alkaloids of seed). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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IUPAC Name |
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Structure |
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| Agroclavine |
548-42-5 |
Not Available |
C16H18N2 |
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| Elymoclavine |
548-43-6 |
Not Available |
C16H18N2O |
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| Festuclavine |
569-26-6 |
Not Available |
C16H20N2 |
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| Ergometrine |
78207-83-7 |
Not Available |
C19H23N3O2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Chronic ulcers and as an aphrodisiac (root powder); skin diseases (latex); as a tonic, in gonorrhea and disorders of the nervous system (root); rheumatism (root and latex); for male sexual disorders (plant). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
The Himalaya Drug Company.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
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