Kantutan
Paederia foetida Linn.
| Other scientific names | Common names | |
| Apocynum foetium Burm. f. | Alulut (Bon.) | Kantotai (Tag., Pamp.) |
| Paederia tomentosa Blume | Bañgogan (Bik.) | Kantutak (Tag.) |
| Dikutamabolok (Pamp.) | Mabutang-dikut (Pamp.) | |
| Gastaliñgan (Bon.) | Mabolok (Pamp.) | |
| Kantutan (Tag.) | Lilitan (Bik.) | |
| Kantutai (Tag.) | Taitai (Tag.) |
| Botany A climbing, herbaceous. hairy or smooth slender vine. The name derives from the distinct odor of carbon bisulphide when the leaves are crushed. Leaves are ovate to oblong-ovate, 6 to 10 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, pointed at the tip, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base. Flowers are stalkless, in axiallary, lax, peduncled inflorescences. Corolla is about 1 cm long, cylindrical, pale purple to white outside, deep purple and villous inside; limb is spreading with 5 undulate lobes. Fruit is rounded, about 5 mm diameter. Distribution In thickets at low and medium altitudes. Constituents Upon distillation, a volatile oil is obtained with the offensive odor of the fresh crushed leaves. Two alkaloids are obtained: a- and b-Paederine. The leaves yield an indole. Emollient and carminative. Folkloric uses Used for rheumatism. The leaves, boiled and mashed, applied to the abdomen for urinary retention. Decoction of leaves also used for urinary retention and for urinary bladder stones. Decoction-soaked cloths applied to the forehead for fevers and taken internally at the same time. Bark decoction used as emetic. Decoction of leaves used for antirheumatic baths. Pounded leaves applied to the abdomen for flatulence. Decoction of roots for expelling gas. Fruit used for toothaches and to blacken the teeth. Availability Wildcrafted. |
