Pogostemon BENGHALENSE (Burm.f.) Kuntze.
| Synonym : | Mentha integra Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. Origanum benghalense Burm.f. Pogostemon indicus (Roth) Kuntze Pogostemon purpuricaulis Dalzell |
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| Bangla Name : | Patchouli, Juilata, Jin, Bakhoea. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Colic, fever and uterine haemorrhage. |
| Description : | A large bushy shrub, young branches often dark purple. Leaves 5-12.5 cm long, ovate, acute, doubly serrate, pubescent or nearly glabrous, base rounded or cuneate. Flowers in dense hoary-pubescent or villous, terminal and axillary, stout spikes, forming a paniculate inflorescence, corolla 8 mm long, pink or white. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | ?-Terpinene, 1-caryophyllene, 1-cadinene, S-guaiazulene, ?-pinene, ?-caryophyllene, safrole, 1,8-cineole, myrtenal, thujone, terpinolene and eudesmol have been isolated from the essential oil of leaves (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1990 & 93). |
| Uses : | Fresh bruished leaves are used as a cataplasm for cleaning wounds and to heal, juice is used in colic and fever. The root is given in uterine haemorrhage. |
| Habit : | Shrub |