Spinacia OLERACEA L.
| Synonym : | Spinacia glabra Mill. Spinacia inermis Moench Spinacia spinosa Moench |
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| Bangla Name : | Palong shak, Palong. |
| English Name : | Spinach, Garden Spinach. |
| Family : | Chenopodiaceae |
| Disease : | fevers, scalding urine, joint pain, inflammations of the lungs , bowels,urinary calculi, jaundice. |
| Description : | A succulent herb, stem erect, up to 60 cm high. Leaves alternate, the lower ones very long petioled, attenuate, variously lobed or entire, fleshy. Flowers dioecious, males sessile, very numerous in terminal leafless spikes, females in axillary clusters. Capsules 1-celled, 1-valved, armed with two opposite short horns and crowned with the small remaining calyx. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated all over Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves are rich in mucilage, fat, sugar, oxalic acid, iodine, lecithin, chlorophyll and carotene. Leaves also contain stigmasterol, stigmastanol, ?-spinasterol, patuletin, spinacetin, saponins, fatty acids and hexadecenic acid. Spinacosides C and D have b |
| Uses : | Herb is mildly laxative and used as an emollient, demulcent, diuretic and astringent, useful in fevers, scalding urine, joint pain, inflammations of the lungs and bowels. Fresh plant is given for urinary calculi. Leaf juice is used as a gargle in sore thr |
| Habit : | Herb |