Sphaeranthus INDICUS L.
| Synonym : | Sphaeranthus hirtus Willd. Sphaeranthus mollis Roxb. Sphaeranthus mollis Roxb. ex DC. |
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| Bangla Name : | Chhagal Nudie, Mundi, Gorakh Mundi, Murmuria. |
| English Name : | East Indian Globle-thistle. |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | insanity, tubercular glands, indigestion, bronchitis, piles, strangury , hemicrania,jaundice, scalding of urine and gleet ,cough ,chest pains ,bowel . |
| Description : | A much-branched herb, about 30 cm high, stem and branches cylindric, with toothed wings, more or less glandular hairy. Leaves sessile, decurrent, 1-5 cm long, obovate-oblong, rounded or subacute, glandular-hairy, spinous-serrate or dentate, narrowed at the base. Heads 1-1.6 cm diam., compound, globose-ovoid, flowers purple. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong, Noakhali, common in the peddy fields. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Stems, leaves and flowers have been found to contain fatty acids, phytosterols, a glycoside composed of the alkaloid sphaeranthine and a polysaccharide, ?-sitosterol, n-pentacosane, n-triacontanol, stigmasterol, hentri-acontane and ?-D-glucoside of ?-sito |
| Uses : | The herb is laxative, digestive, tonic and anthelmintic, used in insanity, tubercular glands, indigestion, bronchitis, piles, strangury and hemicrania, also good for sore eyes, jaundice, scalding of urine and gleet. The juice of the plant is styptic and s |
| Habit : | Herb |