Argyreia nervosa
Argyreia nervosa
Author : (Burm.f.) Bojer.
Family : Convolvulaceae
Habit: Climbing shrub
Sanskrit: Vrdhadarukah, Bastantri
English: Elephant creeper, Woolly Morning-Glory
Description
A large, woody climber, with white, silky tomentose, stout stem, large, ovate-cordate leaves, rose-purple flowers and apiculate, globose fruits.
Useful part

Roots, seeds, latex, leaves

Medicinal Uses

wounds, ulcers, constipation, cardiac debility, inflammation, ringworm, eczema, itches, cough, bronchitis, strangury, seminal weakness, nervous weakness, cerebral disorders, obesity, syphilis, anaemia, diabetes, tuberculosis, arthritis, gleet, gonorrhoea, leucorrhoea, pulmonary tuberculosis, general debility, rheumatism, skin diseases, boils, carbuncles, foul ulcers, male sexual disorders

Major chemical constituents

1-tricontanol, β-sitosterol, epifriedelinol, ergine, isoergine, penniclavine, ergometrine, caffeic acid, ethyl caffeate, ergoline, hallucinogens, lysergic acid amide, ergoline, agroclavine, chanoclavines I and II, elymoclavine, festuclavine, lysergene, ergometrinine, isolysergic acid amide, palmitic, oleic, stearic, behenic, linoleic and linolenic acids