Botanical Name : Abroma augulata Lam., A. wheeleri Retz., A. fastuosum Gaertn., Theobroma augusta L
Sanskrit name : ulatkambal                                
English Name :  Devil's cotton
Family: Steculiceae
 
Description of Abroma augulata:
Abroma augulata Plant is widely distributed in hotter parts of India up to 1500 m; Bangladesh, Pakistan and the adjacent countries.
Shrub, branches downy; leaf simple, cordate, 10-15 cm by 10-12.5 cm, base 3-7 costate, repand-denticulate while the upper narrower leaves are entire, glabrescent above and tomentose below, petiolate, petioles 1.25-2.5 cm long, stipules linear, as long as the petiole, deciduous; flowers axillary, pedunculate, peduncle 3.5 cm long; capsules 5-angled, 5-winged, obpyramidal, thrice as long as the persistent calyx; seeds albuminous, numerous.
 

Medicinal Value: Fresh and dried root-bark used as uterine tonic and emmenagogue; regulates menstrual flow; Fresh juice from root- bark: useful in congestive and neuralgic forms of dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, urinary trouble, bronchitis, broncho-pneumonia, carbuncles and poisonous boils; Leaf: used in diabetes, rheumatic pain and sinusitis.

Herbal Extract packing:

•  25 Kg. HDPE Drum.