Phyllanthus virgatus G.Forst.
| Synonym : | Diasperus minutiflorus (F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Macraea oblongifolia Wight Phyllanthus filicaulis Benth. Phyllanthus weinlandii K.Schum. |
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| Bangla Name : | Chhitki (B), Sarnapati (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Itch, abscess , gonorrhoea, , measles ,eye diseases and mammary abscesses. |
| Description : | A glabrous perennial herb or an undershrub, branches compressed. Leaves distichous, 8-25 mm long, subsessile, from linear to oblong-obovate, elliptic and rounded, obtuse, acute or apiculate. Flowers small, usually solitary, on slender axillary pedicels, often 3-nate, 2 males and 1 female, or more. Capsules minute, depressed globose. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The plant is useful in itch, abscess and gonorrhoea, used for measles and venereal diseases in Khagrachari. Juice of the leaves is used in eye diseases. The fresh leaves, bruished and mixed with butter and milk is used as a wash to cure itch in children. |
| Habit : | Herb |