Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.
| Synonym : | Orthosiphon grandiflorus Bold. Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu Orthosiphon spiralis (Lour.) Merr. Trichostema spirale Lour. |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | Java Tea, Kidney Tea Plant. |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Kidney , bladder, nephrocirrhosis, phosphaturia, , rheumatism , gout, piles and wounds. |
| Description : | A slender under shrub, stems 30-60 cm high, 4-angled. Leaves in distant pairs, 5-10 cm long, narrowed into the petiole, ovate, acuminate, coarsely toothed. Flowers in very lax-flowered racemes, corolla 2.5 cm, white or purplish, tube very slender, thrice as long as the calyx. Filaments far exserted, twice as long as the corolla. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong (Hazarikhil). |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain an essential oil, glycoside, orthosiphonin, saponin, phytosterol, sitosterol, ?- and ?-linoleic acid, tannin, an alkaloid, two anti-inflammatory oxygenated pimarane diterpenes, orthosiphol A and orthosiphol B. They also contain flavones (i |
| Uses : | Tea of the leaves is used in the diseases of kidney and bladder, including nephrocirrhosis, phosphaturia, also used in rheumatism and gout. It has been used in the treatment of diseases of urinary organs successfully. With its use the urine, which remaine |
| Habit : | Shrub |