Portulaca OLERACEA L.
| Synonym : | Portulaca consanguinea Schltdl. Portulaca latifolia Hornem. Portulaca officinarum Crantz Portulaca parvifolia Haw. |
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| Bangla Name : | Nune, Lanya, Bara Loniya. ,Tonkami (Chakma). |
| English Name : | Common Purslane, Garden Purslane. |
| Family : | Portulacaceae |
| Disease : | Refrigerant, alterative, vulnerary, antiscorbutic, aperient,diuretic, scurvy, liver diseases, spleen, kidney, bladder, cardio-vascular diseases, dysuria, hematuria, gonorrhoea, dysentery, sore nipples, ulcers, gastric , piles, erysipelas a, antihemorrhagi |
| Description : | An annual, prostrate, succulent herb, stem 15-30 cm long, reddish, quite glabrous. Leaves fleshy, subsessile, 6-25 mm long, alternate or subopposite, cuneiform, rounded and truncate at the apex. Flowers yellow, few together, in sessile terminal heads. Capsule ovoid, circumsciss. |
| Distribution : | All over Bangladesh in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants, ?-tocopherol, ascorbic acid, ?-carotene, glutathione, phenolic compounds, vanillic acid, oxalate of potash and phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase enzyme. Oxalic acid, sodium, potassium, vitamin |
| Uses : | The herb is refrigerant, alterative, vulnerary, antiscorbutic, aperient and diuretic, useful in scurvy, diseases of the liver, spleen, kidney and bladder. It is also prescribed in the treatment of cardio-vascular diseases, dysuria, hematuria, gonorrhoea, |
| Habit : | Herb |