Rungia PECTINATA (L.) Nees.
| Synonym : | Dianthera parviflora Roxb. ex Nees Dicliptera pectinata (L.) Juss. Justicia pectinata L. Rungia parviflora Nees |
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| Bangla Name : | Pindi., Krebuchi (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Acanthaceae |
| Disease : | Pain and fever |
| Description : | A much-branched, annual, straggling weed. Leaves very variable in size, 1.3-6.3 cm, long, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or subobtuse. Flowers small, blue, in terminal and axillary 1-sided subsessile spikes, 6-22 mm long. Capsules 2.5cm long ovoid, acute, compressed. |
| Distribution : | In most of the districts in fallow lands |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Leaf juice is considered cooling and aperient, prescribed for children suffering from small-pox in doses of a tablespoonful or two, twice daily. Bruised leaves applied to contusions to relieve pain and swelling. Roots are given in fever. Spray of leaf dec |
| Habit : | Herb |