Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000009478

Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Scientific Name: Tylophora tenuis Blume

Collector: L.K. Banerjee

Country: India

Uses: It is used in treatment of urtecaria, excessive perspiration, bilious swellings, and smallpox. Decoction of roots are an antidote in arsenic poisoning. Leaves are used for treatment of scabies.