English: Yellow bell
Tagalog: Kampanilya
Vigorous vine, smooth, slightly hairy. Leaves are opposite, in whorls, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 8 ro 12 cms longs, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, pointed on both ends. The flowers are yellow and short-stalked. Calyx teeth are lanceolate green.
Distribution
Cultivated as ornamental garden plant. Also found wild in thickets near settlements.
Parts utilized:
Leaves and bark.
Properties
Purgative, cathartic with hydrogogue effect.
The whole plant is reported to be poisonous.
Uses
- Infusion of leaves for colic; also purgative and emetic.
- Decoction of leaves in small doses used as antidote for poisoning.
- Decocotion of bark in decoction, in small doses, has a cathartic and hydrogogue effect. In large doses, the bark and latex are poisonous.
- Extract of leaves used for colic and as laxative; in large doses causes diarrhea and vomiting.
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