Synonym : | Jussiaea adscendens L. Jussiaea repens L. |
Bangla Name : | Kesardam, Mulcha, Mulsi, Molchi (Rema-Kalenga). |
English Name : | - |
Family : | Onagraceae |
Disease : | Dysentery, ulcers and skin diseases. |
Description : | A floating herb, rooting at the nodes, and cluster of conspicuous white, spindle-shaped, pneumatophores at the nodes. Leaves 1.25-7.6 cm long, obovate or oblanceolate, obtuse. Flowers white, slightly yellow at the base, axillary, solitary, petals about 1.25 cm long, obovate. Capsule linear-cylindric, 1.27-3.8 cm long. |
Distribution : | All over the country, found floating in pounds and ditches. |
Chemical Constituents : | Leaves, stems and flower petals contain the flavonoid glycosides, kaempferol-3-glucoside, quercetin-3-O-rhamnoglucoside (rutin), quercetin-3-galactoside, mericetin-3-rhamnoside and isosalipurposide. The plant also contains terpenes, triterpenoids, flavono |
Uses : | Leaf extract is taken for curing dysentery. Whole plant is used as a poultice in ulcers and other skin diseases.
Extracts of leaves and stem exert strong antimicrobial activity similar to that of standard antibiotics. Flower petals possess anti-inflamma |
Habit : | Herb |