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| Bangla Name : | Barela, Bala, Shet-berela, Kureta. ,Oak khi pane (Marma). |
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| English Name : | Country-mallow. |
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| Family : | Malvaceae |
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| Disease : | Cooling, astringent, stomachic, tonic, cardiac tonic, febrifuge, demulcent, diuretic, nervous and urinary diseases, bleeding plies, strangury, haematuria, gonorrhoea, cystitis, leucorrhoea, chronic dysentery, asthma, fever, micturition , discharges, absc |
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| Description : | Shrubby, softly hairy and with much stellate hairs nearly all over. Leaves 2.5-5 cm long, cordate, ovate-oblong, crenate, obtuse or subacute, long petioled. Flowers yellow, 1 to few in leaf axils, calyx 6-8 mm long, lobes ovate, acute, corolla yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx. Fruit 6-8 m diam, carpels 7-10. |
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| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and other districts in fallow lands. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Various parts contain alkaloids, the principal one being ephedrine, seeds containing the highest percentage. They also contain fatty oil, phytosterol, mucins, resins, resin acids and potassium nitrate. Aerial parts also contain saturated hydrocarbons, h |
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| Uses : | Roots are cooling, astringent, stomachic, tonic, cardiac tonic, febrifuge, demulcent and diuretic, infusion is given in nervous and urinary diseases, bleeding plies, strangury, haematuria, gonorrhoea, cystitis, leucorrhoea, chronic dysentery and asthma. D |
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| Habit : | Shrub |
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