Persicaria BARBATA (L.) Hara
| Synonym : | Polygonum barbatum L. Polygonum stagninum Buch.- Ham. Persicaria omerostroma (Ohki) Sasaki Pogalis barbata (L.) Raf. Polygonum barbatum L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bekhunjubaz. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Polygonaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, purgative , emetic , pains of colic,cooling,ulcers. |
| Description : | A stout annual herb, about 0.9 m tall. Leaves 7.5-12.5 cm long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, stipules much shorter than the internodes, mouth truncate, stiff-ciliate. Flowers small, white, 4 or more in axils of bract in spiciform racemes, 3.8-5 cm long, rather thick. A stout annual herb, about 0.9 m tall. Leaves 7.5-12.5 cm long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, stipules much shorter than the internodes, mouth truncate, stiff-ciliate. Flowers small, white, 4 or more in axils of bract in spiciform racemes, 3.8-5 cm long, rather thick. A stout annual herb, about 0.9 m tall. Leaves 7.5-12.5 cm long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, stipules much shorter than the internodes, mouth truncate, stiff-ciliate. Flowers small, white, 4 or more in axils of bract in spiciform racemes, 3.8-5 cm long, rather thick. |
| Distribution : | All over the country in damp places. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains a hemiacetal type sesquiterpene, stagninol, proanthocyanidin polymers and many of the glycosidal compounds present in Persicaria hydropiper (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | Seeds possess tonic, purgative and emetic properties, used to relieve the gripping pains of colic. Roots are astringent and cooling. Decoction of the shoots is used to wash ulcers. Powdered leaves are used in ulcers of goats caused by infection due to fly |
| Habit : | Herb |