Acalypha INDICA L.
| Synonym : | Cupamenis indica (L.) Raf. Acalypha chinensis Benth. Acalypha spicata Forssk. Ricinocarpus indi |
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| Bangla Name : | Muktajhuri, Swetbasanta, Biralhatchi. |
| English Name : | Indian Acalypha |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma and pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Description : | An annual, erect herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves 2.5-7.5 cm long, ovate or rhomboid-ovate, crenate-serrate. Flowers in numerous lax, erect, elongated axillary spikes, the male minute, clustered near the summit of the spike, the females scattered, surrounded by a large, dentate, cuneiform bracts. Capsules small, hispid. |
| Distribution : | In fallow lands throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains kaempferol, a cyanogenetic glucoside, a base, triacetonamine and an alkaloid, acalyphine. It also contains the amide, acalyphamide and some other amides, 2-methylanthraquinone, tri-O-methyl ellagic acid and ?-sitosterol, ?-sitosterol, ? |
| Uses : | Plants are emetic, expectorant, laxative and diuretic, useful in bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma and pulmonary tuberculosis. Leaves are laxative and antiparasiticide, ground with common salt or quicklime or lime juice applied externally in scabies. Leaf pas |
| Habit : | Herb |