Abroma augustum
StarAbroma augustum
Synonyms: Abroma elongatum, Abroma commune, Abroma denticulatum, Abroma sinuosum, Abroma javanicum, Abroma fastuosum, Abroma angulosum, Abroma obliquum, Theobroma augustum, Abroma alatum, Abroma angulatum, Abroma molle, Abroma wheleri
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Indian Ayurvedic medicine and in Bangladeshi and Southeast Asian folk practice, the mucilaginous root-bark of devil's cotton is used to treat dysmenorrhoea and a range of menstrual and uterine disorders, as well as diabetes (Khare, 2007; Kirtikar & Basu).
Botanical Description
Abroma augustum (syn. Ambroma augusta), known as devil's cotton or ulatkambal, is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the mallow family (Malvaceae, formerly Sterculiaceae), commonly 1 to 4 metres tall but occasionally reaching 10 metres. The young stems and foliage are clothed in irritant, stellate hairs. The alternate leaves are ovate, about 10 to 15 centimetres long, with a pointed tip, a heart-shaped base, toothed margins and three to seven palmate veins; lower leaves are often shallowly lobed. The flowers are striking and unusual, dark red to maroon, pendulous, with five narrow petals. The fruit is a membranous, five-winged, top-shaped capsule containing numerous black seeds embedded in fine cottony fibres, the source of the common name. The plant is native to tropical Asia and extends to southeastern Africa and northern Australia, growing in moist, lowland and hill forest.
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