Orobanche AEGYPTIACA Pers.
| Synonym : | Kopsia aegyptiaca (Pers.) Caruel Phelipanche aegyptiaca (Pers.) Pomel Phelypaea pedunculata Walp. |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Orobanchaceae |
| Disease : | Diarrhoea and boil. |
| Description : | An erect, leafless annual herb, 10-50 cm high, root parasite on mustard plant. Flowers sessile or lower shortly pedicillate, numerous, in cylindric spikes. Corolla 2-3.2 cm long, the upper part blue or lilac the lower part nearly white. Capsules nearly 1.3 cm long, oblong acuminate. |
| Distribution : | Khulna, Kustia, Rajshahi. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Atropine (75.7%), hyoscine (18.5%) along with some minor alkaloids, belladonnine, apoatropine and meteloidine have been found in Egyptian plant (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | The plant is used to stop diarrhoea. It is also used for the cure of boil in the throat of cattle in different areas of India. |
| Habit : | Herb |