Persicaria ORIENTALIS (L.) Spach.
| Synonym : | Amblygonum orientale (L.) Nakai Heptarina orientalis (L.) Raf. Lagunea cochinchinensis Lour. Polygonum orientale L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bara Panimarich, Bishkatali. |
| English Name : | Prince’s Feather, Oriental Pepper. |
| Family : | Polygonaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, vulnerary, and wounds. |
| Description : | A tall annual, with fistulous branches, 0.9-3 m high, usually softly hairy or silky. Stems robust, grooved. Leaves 15-23 cm long, ovate or ovate cordate, long-pointed, stipules short, truncate, hairy, ciliate at the mouth. Flowers white or red in dense, erect or drooping racemes, 5-10 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country in damp, lowlying areas, canal banks. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains ?-sitosterol, orientoside and orientin. An unidentified compound, mp. 69° has also been isolated from this plant (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | The plant is a good tonic and vulnerary, used for healing wounds. |
| Habit : | Shrub |