Phyllanthus RETICULATUS Poir.
| Synonym : | Anisonema reticulatum (Poir.) A.Juss. Cicca decandra Blanco Kirganelia multiflora Baill. Melanthesa oblongifolia Oken |
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| Bangla Name : | Panjuli, Panseuli, Chitki, Pankushi. ,Kamboilodi pata (Chakma), Ghung-nel, Gounni (Marma), Bospai (Tripura). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Diuretic ,cooling , diarrhoea , spongy ,bleeding gums,inflammations, alterative ,attenuant and Malaria. |
| Description : | A large often scandent shrub, branches slender. Leaves 1.3-3.2 cm long, oblong or elliptic, tip rounded obtuse or acute. Flowers small, axillary, the males in fascicles of 2-6, subracemose on slender branches, the females solitary. Fruit small, sub granulate. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves and bark contain gum, tannic acid and a crystalline principle. Roots contain octacosanol, taraxeryl acetate, friedelin, epifriedelinol, betulin, taraxerone, ?-sitosterol, glochidonol and 21- ?-hydroxyfriedelan-3-one (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | The leaves are employed as a diuretic and cooling medicine. Juice of the leaves is used in diarrhoea of infants. Pills made in combination with the leaf juice, camphor and cubebs are allowed to dissolve in the mouth as a remedy for spongy and bleeding gum |
| Habit : | Shrub |