Hyptis SUAVEOLENS (L.) Poit.
| Synonym : | Ballota suaveolens L. Gnoteris cordata Raf. Hyptis graveolens Schrank Marrubium indicum Blanco Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze |
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| Bangla Name : | Tokma, Ganja Tulsi, Bilati Tulsi, Kusmai (Rema-Kalenga). ,Chongadana (Chakma), Chang Kasey (Marma), Thukma (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Stimulant, carminative, sudorific, lactagogue, catarrhal, uterus, cutaneous, cancer, tumour, antispasmodic, antirheumatic, colic, stomachaches, fever and piles. |
| Description : | A tall, coarse, aromatic, annual herb, up to 2 m high, with 4 angled stems. Leaves ovate, sinuate and crenate-denticulate, hairy, lower 11.5 by 9 cm. Flowers small, blue in axillary racemiform cymes or cymes collected into thyrsiform almost leafless panicles. Nutlets compressed ovoid, oblong. |
| Distribution : | Plenty in Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, also in fallow lands of other areas. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves twigs and flowers yield an essential oil containing ?-caryophyllens, cineol, terpenol, ?-bergamotene, sabinene, menthol, l-sabinene, d-limonene and azulenic sesquiterpenes. Leaves and flowers also contain campesterol and fucosterol. Seeds contain a |
| Uses : | The plant is stimulant, carminative, sudorific and lactagogue, infusion is used in catarrhal conditions, affections of the uterus and parasitical cutaneous diseases. Leaves are used in cancer and tumour. Juice of the leaf is considered to be antispasmodic |
| Habit : | Herb |