Traditional Herbs from Thunbergia erecta

headache

Prepare fresh leaves of purple trumpet, wash them thoroughly.
Crush them into a paste.
Put the leaf paste on your forehead to relieve headaches.

wounds

Take fresh leaves of trumpet wash the purple until clean.
Crush it until it becomes a paste.
Put the leaf paste on the wound.

What is Thunbergia erecta Looks like??

Parts of Thunbergia erecta that could be used

Leaves
Flowers
Stems

Thunbergia erecta Distribution

Thunbergia erecta is native to tropical West Africa, but has been introduced and can be found cultivated and naturalized in tropical Asia, North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. This species is widely commercialized as an ornamental plant and has repeatedly escaped cultivation. Thunbergia erecta is the most abundant medicinal plant in various parts of Bangladesh where it is known as "nilghonta". It has been used as a traditional medicine for insomnia, depression and anxiety.
Agroecology of Thunbergia erecta
Thunbergia erecta is an ornamental garden plant that has escaped cultivation and can be found naturalized along roadsides and footpaths, in disturbed sites, abandoned gardens near human settlements, thickets and forest edges, at altitudes ranging from near sea level to ca. 1,000 m above sea level. Thunbergia erecta prefers to grow in moist soil but can tolerate drought. It is also quite tolerant of salt and wind. This plant can grow in full sun or in the shade. However it grows better in partial shade than in full shade and blooms slightly less in full shade. This plant can grow in various types of soil, including acidic and alkaline sandy soil, loam and clay.
Morphology of Thunbergia erecta

Stem erect, woody and hard, square, branched.
Leaves with hairless petioles 5 mm long, lamina elliptical, 1.5-6.5 (8.5) cm long, 0.8 wide -2.6 (4.3) cm, acute apically, acute at base, wavy margin, glabrous to subglabrous on both surfaces.
Flowers solitary in leaf axils, stalks up to 2.8 cm, glabrous. Bracts oblong-ovate, 10-20 mm long, 5-8 mm wide, pointed apically, obtuse below, glabrous to slightly pubescent at apex. 3 mm long, glandular-puberulous. Corolla all lobes white or dark purple with yellowish throat, broad salver shape, glabrous, 6-8 cm long, wide. 6-8 mm at base narrowing to 2-3 mm wide just above ovary, widening to 15-20 mm at throat, suborbicular lobe, diameter 15-25 mm Anther cells unequal, base and edges of anther cells pubescent.

Cultivation of Thunbergia erecta

Plant propagation is generally through cuttings, because Thunbergia erecta does not produce seeds very often in cultivation. Take the tips of branch cuttings that have finished flowering or that have not yet formed flowers. Remove the lower leaves but leave the remaining leaves intact. Apply a rooting hormone formulated for woody cuttings and place the cuttings in a moist cutting medium, such as perlite. Keep the medium moist and try to keep the humidity around the cutting high and place the cutting in partial to full shade. Roots will form in four to six weeks and the cuttings can be transplanted into potting mix as soon as roots form.
This plant is quite fast growing when young and new plants can be placed in the garden when they reach 1 foot tall, in about six months. Flowers should form within a year.

Thunbergia erecta, more details :

Chemical Content of Thunbergia erecta
β-Sitosterol-3-O- β-D-glucoside, apigenin, apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy benzoic acid (vacid), trans-ferulic acid, 3,4, 5-trimethoxyphenol-1-O-β-D-glucoside, acacetin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, acacetin 7-O-(α-D-apio-furanosyl) (1�'6)-β-D-glucoside, benzyl-7-O- β-xylopyranosyl ( 1′′�' 2′ )- β- D-glucoside, rosmarinic acid.
Benefits of Thunbergia erecta
Treats insomnia, depression and anxiety, recommended as an Alzheimer's drug and as an antidiabetic agent, treats worms and wounds, treats bile disorders, poultice for headaches.
Simplisia of Thunbergia erecta

Another Facts for Thunbergia erecta :

Synonym of Thunbergia erecta
Meyenia erecta Benth.Thunbergia ikbaliana De Wild.Thunbergia mestdaghi De Wild.
Habitus of Thunbergia erecta
Bush. Annual shrub reaches 3 m in height
Habitat of Thunbergia erecta