Persicaria GLABRA (Willd.) Gomez de la Maza
| Synonym : | Persicaria densiflora Moldenke Persicaria portoricensis (Bertero ex Endl.) Small Polygonum glabrum Willd. Polygonum portoricense Bertero ex Endl. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bihagni, Sada Kukri. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Polygonaceae |
| Disease : | Fever and colic pain. |
| Description : | An erect annual, with reddish stem, 0.6-1.5 m long, procumbent and usually reddish below. Leaves 7.5-23 cm long, lanceolate, finely acuminate, stipules 2.2-3.2 mm long, those on the old stem torn, when young completely sheathing the stem, the mouth truncate, not ciliate. Flowers pink, small, in paniculate slender racemes. |
| Distribution : | Sylhet, Chittagong, in ditches and swamps. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts contain a number of biologically active terpenoids and flavones. Leaves contain flavonoids, quercetin, rhamnetin, quercitrin, avicularin and rutin. Flowers contain pigments, delphinidin-3,5-diglucoside, cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside and quercetin. |
| Uses : | The juice of the herb is used as a remedy for fever. Infusion of leaves is used to relieve colic pain. Fresh juice of the leaves possesses poisonous properties. |
| Habit : | Herb |