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Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Leptadenia

Characteristics

A climber or twining shrub. It has several branches. The bark is cork like and cracked. The leaves are oval and leathery and finely hairy underneath. The flowers are greenish yellow. The seed pods can be woody.
Life form perennial
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows near Mumbai. It grows in arid places and on poor soils at altitudes up to 900 metres. It occurs in the Western Ghats in India.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Leaves boiled in water then added to wheat or millet flour. Tender shoots eaten as vegetable. The flowers are cooked as a vegetable.
Uses food medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Asthma (fruit), Abscess (leaf), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Anti-infective agents, local (leaf), Asthma (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Cough (leaf), Ear diseases (leaf), Earache (leaf), Edema (leaf), Eye diseases (leaf), Galactogogues (leaf), Gangrene (leaf), Neoplasms (leaf), Nasal disease (leaf), Anti-poisoning (leaf), Scurvy (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Skin diseases, infectious (leaf), Uterine diseases (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Nasal disease (plant exudate), Abdominal pain (root), Abortifacient agents (root), Abortion, habitual (root), Anti-bacterial agents (root), Antifungal agents (root), Anti-infective agents, local (root), Aphrodisiacs (root), Cough (root), Diarrhea (root), Emaciation (root), Emollients (root), Expectorants (root), Eye diseases (root), Fever (root), Galactogogues (root), Hemorrhage (root), Inflammation (root), Lung diseases (root), Mouth diseases (root), Night blindness (root), Orchitis (root), Pain (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Sexually transmitted diseases (root), Skin diseases (root), Skin diseases, infectious (root), Thirst (root), Tuberculosis (root), Tuberculosis, pulmonary (root), Ulcer (root), Visual perception (root), Wounds and injuries (root), Sexual debility (root), Cooling effect on body (root), Asthma (seed), Cough (seed), Ear diseases (seed), Gangrene (seed), Nasal disease (seed), Skin diseases (seed), Antipruritics (shoot), Scabies (shoot), Hypotension (stem), Liver diseases (stem), General tonic for rejuvenation (tuber), Antiabortifacient (unspecified), Ear (unspecified), Nose (unspecified), Restorative (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Abortifacient agents (unspecified), Abortion, habitual (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Aphrodisiacs (unspecified), Chest pain (unspecified), Common cold (unspecified), Constipation (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Ear diseases (unspecified), Emollients (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Eye diseases (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Galactogogues (unspecified), Immunomodulation (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Night blindness (unspecified), Nasal disease (unspecified), Orchitis (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Visual perception (unspecified), Cooling effect on body (unspecified), Galactogogues (whole plant), Cardiovascular system (whole plant excluding root)
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Images

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Distribution

Leptadenia reticulata world distribution map, present in India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Nepal, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:98981-1
WFO ID wfo-0001102163
COL ID 6PDS3
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Synonyms

Leptadenia imberbis Leptadenia brevipes Leptadenia appendiculata Asclepias javanica Asclepias volubilis Asclepias zeylanica Doemia reticulata Cynanchum asthmaticum Cynanchum ovatum Gymnema aurantiacum Leptadenia reticulata Asclepias suberosa Cynanchum reticulatum Secamone canescens
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