Aristolochia bracteolata
Aristolochia bracteolata
Author : Lam.
Family : Aristolochiaceae
Habit: Prostrate herb
Sanskrit: Kitamari
English: Bracteated birthwort, Worm killer
Description
A slender, decumbent, glabrous, perennial climber, with striate branches, reniform or broadly ovate leaves, dark purple, duck-shaped, axillary, solitary flowers and oblong-ellipsoid, 12-ribbed, glabrous, oblong capsules containing deltoid, gland-dotted seeds, rugose-black on one side and whitish on the other side.
Useful part

Roots, leaves
Medicinal Uses

snake bites, tedious labour, intestinal worms, constipation, inflammation, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, foul ulcers, boils, syphilis, gonorrhoea, skin diseases, eczema, arthralgia, intermittent fevers, purgative
Major chemical constituents

(-)-N-acetylnornuciferine, aristololactam, ceryl alcohol, β-sitosterol, aristolochic acid, aristolochic acid, myristic, palmitic, stearic, lignoceric and oleic acids