- Family
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Convolvulaceae.
- Habitat
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Throughout India.
- English
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Midnapore Creeper.
- Ayurvedic
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Phanji.
- Siddha/Tamil
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Budthi-kiray.
- Folk
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Kalmi-lataa, Phaang.
- Action
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Root—a tonic after childbirth. Leaves—astringent; used in haemorrhagic diseases, diarrhoea, dysentery.
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