Launaea SARMENTOSA (Willd.) Sch.-Bip.
| Synonym : | Ammoseris sarmentosa (Willd.) D.Dietr. Chondrilla sarmentosa (Willd.) Poir. Lactuca sarmentosa (Willd.) DC. Prenanthes sarmentosa Willd. |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | Lactagogue, tonic, diuretic, aperient, rheumatic and soporific. |
| Description : | A glabrous flagelliform, procumbent perennial herb, rooting and leaf-bearing at the nodes and arching between them. Leaves radical, 2.5-75 cm long, oblong, runcinate-pinnatifid or sinuate-toothed or lobed. Heads 1-1.3 cm long, solitary or in clusters of 1-2, arising from the nodes together with the cauline leaves. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Nizhum Deep, on the sand-dunes. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Taraxasterol has been isolated from leaves and taraxeryl acetate from the roots of the plant (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1990). |
| Uses : | The plant is given as a lactagogue. Juice of the plant is tonic, diuretic, aperient, applied in rheumatic affections and given as a soporific to children. |
| Habit : | Herb |