Stachytarpheta INDICA Vahl.
| Synonym : | Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Mill.) Vahl Verbena indica L. Verbena angustifolia Mill. Zappania angustifolia (Mill.) Poir. |
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| Bangla Name : | Nilshapi, Baish (Tripura) |
| English Name : | Aeron’s Rod, Blue porter weed, Brazilian Tea, Bastard Vervain, Jamaica False. |
| Family : | Verbenaceae |
| Disease : | intestinal worms, venereal diseases, ulcers, dropsy ,stomach ailments,purulent ulcers ,fevers ,rheumatism ,diarrhoea , dysentery |
| Description : | An annual herb, 0.3-0.9 m high, stems erect, dichotomously branches. Young branches nearly quadrangular. Leaves 5-10 cm long, elliptic, obtuse or acute, coarsely serrate, glabrous or nearly so, base much tapering and decurrent into the petioles. Flowers deep blue, about 1 cm across, sessile in long, slender, nearly continuous glabrous spikes, reaching 30 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet, outskirt of the forest and fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant contains Ipolamide, C29-C35 hydrocarbons, ?-spinasterol, a saturated aliphatic ketone, a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid and an unsaturated hydroxycarboxylic acid (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). Stems and leaves contain iridoid glycoside, tarphetali |
| Uses : | The plant is abrotifacient, used for treating intestinal worms, venereal diseases, ulcers, dropsy and stomach ailments. It is also used in purulent ulcers, fevers and rheumatic inflammations. Juice of the plant is used against cataract and open sores. Inf |
| Habit : | Herb |