Phyllanthus MADERASPATENSIS L.
| Synonym : | Diasperus maderaspatensis (L.) Kuntze Phyllanthus arabicus Hochst. ex Steud. Phyllanthus thonningii Schumach. & Thonn. Phyllanthus obcordatus Willd. |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Diaphoretic, , strangury , carminative, laxative, tonic, diuretic, astringent , bronchitis, earache, griping, ophthalmia , ascites and headache. |
| Description : | An annual herb. Very variable in habit, erect, or decumbent below, stems low and herbaceous or erect, slender, woody with spreading branches. Leaves 6-25 mm, subsessile, narrowly or broadly cuneately obovate, glaucous beneath. Flowers small in axillary fascicle with one larger female. Fruit very small, globose, dry. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The leaves are expectorant and diaphoretic, useful in strangury and sweats. The seeds are carminative, laxative, tonic to the liver, diuretic, diaphoretic and astringent to the bowels, useful in bronchitis, earache, griping, ophthalmia and ascites. An inf |
| Habit : | Herb |