Torenia ASIATICA L.
Synonym : | Torenia glabra Osbeck. |
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Bangla Name : | Asiantoren |
English Name : | - |
Family : | Scrophulariaceae |
Disease : | Gonorrhoea. |
Description : | A creeping herb, with many long stragling, spreading or erect branches, rooting at nodes. Leaves 2-3.2 cm, ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base but tapering on the petiole, acute serrate. Flowers solitary, calyx about 2 cm, 5-ribbed, slightly winged, corolla-tube 2.5 cm, limb nearly 2.5 cm diam. Capsule as long as calyx. |
Distribution : | Chittagong. |
Chemical Constituents : | - |
Uses : | The juice of the leaves is considered in Malabar Coast as a cure for gonorrhoea. |
Habit : | Herb |