Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex DC.Family: Ranunculaceae
Common name: Gourian Clematis, Indian travelers's joy
Bengali: Chagalboti
Hindi: Belkum, Churanhar
Kannada: telajadari, thalejadari
Konkani: shendvel
Malayalam: Nikidakodi
Marathi: गोमेटी gometi, मोरवेल morvel
Nepali: जुंगॆ लहरा Junge lahara
Oriya: Idiya
Sanskrit: मोरट morata
Telugu: పేడుతివ pedutiwa, గౌరితీగ Gouriteega
Other Indian names: attumesaikodi, baelkan, bel kangu, belkangu, belkum, boromojhanti, chabru, cheerappookodi, chibru, churanhar, dehra, devi, dun, gokarni, gowri kunthala, idiya, jhol, jyrmi bytengdoh, kanguli, madhulika, madhurasa, madhusreni, maruvel, mookuvali talai, mor-vel, morabela, morata, moriel, moriyal, morvel, moryel, murva, pannedang, pedutivva, piluparni, poovalli, ranjai, ranjaayi, shend-vel, sruva, talajadhri, talazadari, tejani, telasadari, telejadari, totul, udurumbe soppu, udurumber soppu, yidya
Description: Climbing herbs; young branches pubescent. Leaflets 3-7, 4-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, acute at apex, rounded at base, nerves tomentose below. Panicles drooping, terminal and axillary, tomentose. Flowers white, 1 cm across; sepals 7 x 4 mm, oblong, obtuse, pubescent; stamens many, filaments 8 mm long, glabrous; carpels 10-15, pubescent. Achenes 3 x 1 mm, ovoid, hairy; style persistent, ca. 30 mm long.
Used in Ayurveda. Whole plant said to be poisonous; stem and leaves bitter; the juice of freshly crushed leaves and stems has a vesicant blistering action. Whole plant juice applied on forehead for cold, headache, wound healing, antimicrobial. Leaf extract applied externally for eczema, boils, itches; leaf paste applied to scabies, cuts and wounds; powdered leaves taken like snuff for sinusitis. Leaves of Clematis and Dioscorea crushed together and juice dropped in the nose for epilepsy. Flowers keep off insects. Roots decoction given in stomachache. Veterinary medicine, stem and leaves bitter used as stomachic. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Description: Climbing herbs; young branches pubescent. Leaflets 3-7, 4-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, acute at apex, rounded at base, nerves tomentose below. Panicles drooping, terminal and axillary, tomentose. Flowers white, 1 cm across; sepals 7 x 4 mm, oblong, obtuse, pubescent; stamens many, filaments 8 mm long, glabrous; carpels 10-15, pubescent. Achenes 3 x 1 mm, ovoid, hairy; style persistent, ca. 30 mm long.
Used in Ayurveda. Whole plant said to be poisonous; stem and leaves bitter; the juice of freshly crushed leaves and stems has a vesicant blistering action. Whole plant juice applied on forehead for cold, headache, wound healing, antimicrobial. Leaf extract applied externally for eczema, boils, itches; leaf paste applied to scabies, cuts and wounds; powdered leaves taken like snuff for sinusitis. Leaves of Clematis and Dioscorea crushed together and juice dropped in the nose for epilepsy. Flowers keep off insects. Roots decoction given in stomachache. Veterinary medicine, stem and leaves bitter used as stomachic. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Antiinfection, alleviates pain, inflammation, skin disorders; antitoxic; resolves extravasate blood, rheumatic pain. [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants]
11 Published articles of Clematis gouriana
