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Quisqualis indica

Scientific Name
Quisqualis indica
Family Name
Combretaceae
Common Names
Rangoon creeper,
Local Names
Basantilata, madhabilata, modhumalati. (Bangladesh), Rangoon-ki-vel (India),Bidani, ceguk (Indonesia), Niyog-niyogan (general, tagalog),balitadhan (bisaya),tartaraok(ilokano) (Philippines), Sử quân, quả giun, dây giun (Vietnam)
Description
A large, scandent shrub. Leaves opposite, oblong or obovate. Flowers in short,axillary and terminal drooping racemes, white first and then turning to rosy or scarlet,with a long narrow tube. Fruits oblong, with sharp angles, glabrous, black, one seeded.(India)
A woody climber, young branchlets tomentosa to sparsely pubescent; leaves 5-18.5cmx 2.5-9cm; upper receptacle 5-8cm long, calyx lobes deltoid to triangular, 1-2mmlong, petals 10-20mm long; fruit 2.5-4cm x 0.7-1.3cm (Indonesia)
A woody climber; young branchlets tomentose to sparsely pubescent; leaves 5-18.5cm x 2.5-9cm; upper receptacle 5-8cm long, calyx lobes deltoid to triangular;fruit 2.5-4cm x 0.7-1.3cm (Philippines)
Scandent woody shrub, much-branched, spreading. Leaves opposite, papyraceous,round or ovate al the base; apex pointed. Inflorescence in dense axillary and terminalspike; flowers with long corolla-tube, white, turning red later on, fragrant. Fruitrhomboidal, 5-angled, dark brown (Vietnam)
Uses
Anthelmintic (Bangladesh)
Abdominal pains, ascariasis, soporific, diarrhoea, fever, rickets, skin diseases (India)
Cough, headache, diarrhoea, fever (Indonesia)
Nephritis (Philippines)
Anthelmintic, ascanasis, vomiting, rheumatism, tooth ache (Vietnam)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Indonesia - Cimanggu
Philippines - LBES Medicinal Genebank, ERDB
Vietnam - Tam Dao
Remarks
Quisqualis indica (GRIN)

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