Lindenbergia INDICA Vatke


Synonym : Lindenbergia urticaefolia Lehm.
Bangla Name : Basanti, Haldi Basanti.
English Name : -
Family : Scrophulariaceae
Disease : Bronchitis and skin disease.
Description : An annual, small, erect herb, 15-50 cm high. Leaves 2-5 cm long, ovate, subacute, crenate-serrate, usually glandular-villous. Flowers yellow, solitary or 2-nate in the axils of large leaves, sometimes running out into axillary or terminal leafy racemes, corolla yellow, 1.3 cm long, 2-lipped. Capsules oblong, 5 mm long.
Distribution : All over the country on damp, old walls.
Chemical Constituents : Various parts of the plant contain a large number of long-chain hydrocarbons, ?-sitosterol, ?-sitosterol palmitate, ?-sitosterol- ?-D-glucoside, mannitol and apigenin (Ghani, 2003).
Uses : Juice of the plant is given in chronic bronchitis and mixed with coriander plant applied to skin eruptions.
Habit : Herb