Monochoria HASTATA (L.) Solms.
| Synonym : | M. hastaefolia Presl. Pontederia hastata L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Baranukha. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Pontederiaceae |
| Disease : | Alterative, tonic , cooling, boils and scurf. |
| Description : | A perennial robust herb, with creeping rootstock. Leaves 6-7 cm long, long-petioled, sagittate, hastate or cordate. Flowers racemed or subumbellate, long-pedicelled on a radical scape 45-60 cm long, flower violet-blue, dotted with red. Capsule 7 mm diam., subglobose or oblong. |
| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh in swamps. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Rootstock contains starch, sugars, mucilage and acrid principles. Leaves and leaf stalks contain calcium oxalate (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | The plant is considered alterative, tonic and cooling. Juice of the leaves is applied to boils. Rhizomes pounded with charcoal are used for scurf. |
| Habit : | Herb |