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Pergularia
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Common name: Pergularia, Hair Knot Plant, Stinking Swallowwort, Trellis-vine, Whitlow Plant • Assamese: অজশৃঙ্গী Ajasrngi, ছাগলবাতি Chagalabati • Bengali: অজশৃঙ্গী Ajasrngi, ছাগলবটি Chagalabati, দুধিলতা Dudhilata • Dogri: उतमरणी Utamarani • Gujarati: ચમાર દુધેલી Chamar Dudheli, નાગલા દુધેલી Nagla Dudheli, ઉતરણ Utaran • Hindi: ढोली दूधी Dholi Dudhi, गडरिया की बेल Gadaria Ki Bel, Jhutuk, मेंडा सींगी Menda Singi, सगौवनी Sagovani, उतरन Utaran • Kachchhi: દૂધરવલ Dudharval, દુધરીઆલ Dudharial, ટારીવલ Tarival, વેડલાવલ Vedlaval • Kannada: ಬೇಲಿ ಹತ್ತಿ Beli Hatthi, ಹಾಲು ಕೊರಟಿಗೆ Haalu Koratige, ಜುಟ್ಟುವೆಬಳ್ಳಿ Juttuve Balli, ಕುಂಟಗ Kuntaga, ತಳವಾರನ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Thalavaarana Balli, ಉಗುರುಸುತ್ತಿನ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Ugurusutthina Balli • Konkani: उतरणी Utarni • Malayalam: വേലിപ്പരുത്തി Velipparuthi • Marathi: मेंढा दुधी Menda Dudhi, उतरण Utharana • Nepali: बिच्कानी लहरो Bichkaanee Laharo, दुरे Dure • Odia: ବୃଷଗନ୍ଧା Brushagandha, ଉତ୍ତୁରୁଡ଼ି Utururdi • Punjabi: ਸਿਆਲੀ Siali • Rajasthani: गडरिया की बेल Gadaria Ki Bel • Sanskrit: चाण्डालदुग्धिका Chandaldugdhika, काकजङ्घा Kakajangha, नलिका Nalika, उत्तमारणी Uttamarani, विषाणिका Visanika • Tamil: வேலிபருத்தி Veli-P-Parutti • Telugu: చేబీర Chebira, దుష్టపు చెట్టు Dustapu Cettu, గురుటి చెట్టు Guruti Chettu • Tulu: ಉಗುರುಬೂರು Ugurubooru Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Pergularia daemia    Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Asclepias daemia, Daemia extensa, Cynanchum extensum

Pergularia is a perennial twining herb, foul-smelling when bruised and with much milky juice, stem hairy. Leaves are thin, broadly ovate, heart-shaped or nearly circular, hairless above, velvety beneath. Greenish yellow or dull white, and sweet-scented flowers are borne in lateral cymes which are at first corymb-like, afterwards raceme-like. The five petals are hairy and spreading outwards. Corona outer and inner, outer truncate, inner curved high over the staminal column, spur acute. Fruit is a follicle, with soft spines all over and a long beak. Seeds are densely velvety on both sides. Flowering: August-February.
Medicinal uses: Pergularia has been used in folk medicine for the treatment of liver disorders.

Identification credit: Nandan Kalbag Photographed in Lodhi Garden & Garden of Five Senses, Delhi.

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