Barcode: CAL0000009486

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Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Scientific Name: Pergularia daemia (Forsk.) Choiv.

Collector: L.K. Banerjee and A.R.K. Shastry

Country: India

Uses: Plant is emetic, expectorant,anthelmintic. Decoction of leaves are used in asthma. Its juice is used in infantile diarrhoea.Combined with lime leaf juice is applied to rheumatic swellings.Pulped leaves are applied to carbuncles. Plant extract is applied for uterine and menstrual troubles and to facilitate parturition.