Synonym : | S. indicum W & A. |
Bangla Name : | Ban Joan. |
English Name : | - |
Family : | Apiaceae |
Disease : | Carminative, roundworms, stimulant, carminative and stomachic. |
Description : | An erect or diffuse annual, 10-30 cm high. Lower leaves 2-pinnate, secondary pinnae ovate, lobed, hispidly pubescent. Flowers white or pink in compound umbels. Fruit 2-2.5 mm, subglobose with thick ridges. |
Distribution : | South-western districts of Bangladesh. |
Chemical Constituents : | Seeds yiels essential oil that contains a new monoterpene aldehyde- ?-cyclolavandulal. A new sterol - indosterol has been isolated from this plant (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1990 & 1993). |
Uses : | Seeds are carminative, good anthelmintic for roundworms, stimulant, carminative and stomachic. |
Habit : | - |