| Synonym : | Justicia thyrsoides Roxb. ex Nees
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| Bangla Name : | Baghatita, Ram Basak, Tamrapuspi Basak. |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Acanthaceae |
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| Disease : | Fevers, cough, bronchitis and asthma. |
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| Description : | An evergreen shrub up to 2.4 m high, branchlets quadrangular. Leaves 13-35 cm long, oblanceolate, elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate, entire. Flowers in terminal elongated, thyrsoid panicles, up to 30 cm long, corolla tubular, curved, orange or brick red villous. Capsule 3.8 cm long, linear-clavate.
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| Distribution : | Occur in the forests of Sylhet. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain ?-sitosterol, lupeol and betulin. Other constituents of the plant are similar to those of Adhatoda zeylanica ( Ghani, 2003).
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| Uses : | Medicinal uses are same as Adhatoda zeylanica (no. 19). Fruit and leaves are taken after burning as a specific for fevers. Leaves are used as an expectorant in cough, bronchitis and asthma.
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| Habit : | Shrub |
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