Justicia GENDARUSSA Burm.
| Synonym : | Dianthera subserrata Blanco Dicliptera rheedei Kostel. Ecbolium gendarussa (Burm.f.) Kuntze Gendarussa vulgaris Nees . |
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| Bangla Name : | Nilnishinda, Jagatmadan, Bishalla, Kalobasak (Rema-Kalenga). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Acanthaceae |
| Disease : | Febrifuge,emetic,rheumatic,pain,eczema ,cephalalgia, hemiplegia,paralysis, diaphoretic,leucorrhoea ,dysentery and jaundice. |
| Description : | An erect, slender undershrub, 0.6-1.2 m high. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 7.5-12.5 cm long. Flowers white, spotted purple within, in interrupted spikes, 5-12.5 cm long, from uppermost leaf axils and often forming terminal panicle. Corolla 1.3 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Planted as a garden hedge |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain a bitter and slightly toxic alkaloid, some aromatic amines and ?-& ? sitosterol. Roots contain ?-sitosterol (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | Plants are used as febrifuge and emetic, employed for rheumatic affections. Bark is a good emetic. Leaves are insecticidal, used in chest pain, rheumatism and eczema in Khagrachari. An infusion of the leaves is given internally in cephalalgia, hemiplegia |
| Habit : | Shrub |