justicia JAPONICA Thunb.
| Synonym : | Justicia simplex D. Don Rostellaria rotundifolia Nees Rostellularia japonica (Thunb.) J.L. Ellis |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Acanthaceae |
| Disease : | Diuretic,stomachic, expectorant, anthelmintic, diaphoretic,aperient, indigestion, biliousness, fever ,vomiting, and ophthalmia. |
| Description : | A diffuse, slender herb, with many divaricate branches, rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves 1.3-3.8 cm long, variable, elliptic or ovate, or lanceolate, usually obtuse. Flowers small, pale violet-pink, in rather dense, cylindric terminal spikes 1.3-3.8 cm long. Capsule, 4 mm, oblong, shortly pointed. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The plant is diuretic, stomachic, expectorant, anthelmintic, diaphoretic and aperient, removes indigestion, biliousness, fever and burning of the body, strengthens the lungs, the teeth, stops vomiting, good in diseases of the spleen. Along with black pepp |
| Habit : | Herb |