Plumbago INDICA L.
| Synonym : | Plumbago rosea L. Thela coccinea Lour. |
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| Bangla Name : | Raktachita, Lalchita, Raktachitra, Agnichita. ,Kaing-kheo (Marma), Aigga (Garo). |
| English Name : | Rose-coloured Lead-wort. |
| Family : | Plumbaginaceae |
| Disease : | Abortifacient, hepatitis, dyspepsia, flatulence, piles, leucoderma, leprosy, anasarca, rheumatism, paralytic affections , enlarged glands, ophthalmia , scabies, pills, jaundice and dysentery. |
| Description : | A less branched rambling herb. Leaves oblong, attenuate and slightly obtuse upwards, short-cuneate at the base. Flowers bright red, 3-5 cm long, forming very long terminal and axillary slender, lax spikes, reaching up to 60 cm. Calyx red, short, cylindric, along the ribs covered with stipitate glands. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hills Tracts and Dhaka. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Root and bark contain a strong antimicrobial napthoquinone, plumbagin, sitosterol glycoside, tannin, glucose and organic acids. Aerial parts contain 6-hydroxyplumbagin, plumbagin, sitosterol, stigmasterol and campesterol. A new bi-naphthaquinone, roseanon |
| Uses : | Roots are abortifacient, used in hepatitis, dyspepsia, flatulence, piles, leucoderma, leprosy and anasarca, locally as vesicant in rheumatism, paralytic affections and enlarged glands. Root contains an active principle “Plumbagin” which have got the antif |
| Habit : | Herb |