N. O. CONVOLVlJI.AOEa:. 
877 
2-celled ; stigmas 2, capitate. Capsule 4-valved. Seeds 4, with 
a fringe of hair round the margin (Duthie). 
Uses : — It is purgative, and the juice is administered in 
bilious dyspepsia. 
838. I. digitata, Linn. H.F.B.I., iv. 202. 
Syn. : — Convolvulus paniculatus, Linn. Roxb. 160; I. pani- 
culate, Br. 
Sans. : — Vidari and Bhumikushmanda. 
Vern : — Bilai-kand, bhfiini-kflmra, bhfii-kumra (Beng.) ; 
Bhui-kohala (Bom.); Bhummioliekri-gadde (Kan.) ; Mattapal-tiga 
(Tel.); Phal-modecca (Mai.). 
Habitat : —Tropical India ; common_from Bengal and Assam 
to Ceylon ; not in the drier western portion. Vengrula ; Thana 
district. 
A large, scandent, perennial, glabrous shrub. Leaves 3-7in. 
diam., often lobed nearly to the base, large palmately 5-7-lobed, 
peduncle nmny-fid, longer than the petioles ; lobes lanceolate or 
elliptic, often spathulate ; petioles 2-5in. ; peduncle often 6in. ; 
bracts deciduous. Flowers not capitate. Sepals i-|in. ; wider 
concave in fruit, elliptic shortly acute, glabrous. Corolla 
l|-2£in., widely campanulate, glabrous, pink-purple. Anthers 
never twisted. Ovary completely 4-celled, unless perhaps near 
the top. Capsule £in., ovoid, completely 4-celled to the apex, 
4-valved, the long wool from the seeds exsert from the fissure. 
Wool hairs, £in. long. 
Uses : — The large tuberous roots are very much used in native 
medicine, being regarded as tonic, alterative, aphrodisiac, 
demulcent, and lactagogue. The powdered root-stock is given 
with wine, for the purpose of increasing secretion of milk. 
According to the author of the Makhzan-ul-Adwiya, they 
are tonic and alterative. 
The Rev. J. Long says the powdered root is used in spleen 
disease ; it is purgative in its action. 
Cholagogue, useful in liver complaints (J. N. Dey, in 
Watt’s Dictionary). 
The fresh tuber, collected in November when the vine had died away, 
was sliced, dried at a low temperature and reduced to fine powder. The 
