Torenia ASIATICA L.


Synonym : Torenia glabra Osbeck.
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