Sphagneticola calendulacea (L.) Pruski.
| Synonym : | Wedelia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. Wedelia calendulacea Less. Complaya chinensis (Osbeck) Strother |
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| Bangla Name : | Kesraj, Bangra, Bhimraj, Bhimra, Mahavringaraj. ,Paihoo (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | Cough, cephalalgia diseases, skin diseases, alopecia,uterine haemorrhage, menorrhagia,dysentery,rheumatic fever, headache,vomiting. |
| Description : | A perennial herb, 0.3-0.9 m long, stem procumbent at the base and rooting at the lower nodes, terate, more or less appressed hairy. Leaves opposite, subsessile, oblong, entire or irregularly crenate-serrate, scabrous with short white hairs. Heads 2-3.2 cm diam., solitary, peduncles 2.5-15 cm long, erect, slender. Ray-florets ligulate, yellow, 2-3 toothed. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Dhakam Mymensingh, Patuakhali, Tangail and Nijum Deep. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains alkaloids, saponins, tannin, flavonoids, a lactone, wedelolactone and nor-wedilic acid. Expressed juice of herb contains an oil-soluble black dye, waxy compounds, phytosterols, carotene and resin. The plant also contains inorganic salts |
| Uses : | The leaves are alterative and hair tonic, used for promoting hair growth, useful in cough, cephalalgia, skin diseases, especially alopecia. It is also used in enlarged liver and spleen. A decoction of the herb is deobstruent, used in uterine haemorrhage a |
| Habit : | Herb |