Hypericum JAPONICUM Thunb.
| Synonym : | Ascyrum humifusum Labill. Brathys japonica (Thunb.) Wight Hypericum chinense Osbeck Sarothra japonica (Thunb.) Y. Kimura |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Hypericaceae |
| Disease : | Astrigent, alterative, styptic, vulnerary, asthma and dysentery. |
| Description : | A small tufted or procumbent annual herb, 15-30 cm long. Leaves 6-10 cm long, amplexicaul, elliptic or ovate, obtuse, pellucid-punctate. Flowers yellow, 6-10 mm across, in elongate dichotomous cymes. Capsule ovoid, equalling the persistent sepals. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar and Sylhet, a weed of reclaimed fields. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The major compounds of interest in the leaves and flowers of Hypericons are hypericin and pseudohypericin. Other active constituents include flavonoids, xanthones, phenolic carboxylic acids, essential oil, carotenoids, alkanes, phloroglucinol derivatives, |
| Uses : | The plant is astrigent, alterative, styptic and vulnerary. It is used in asthma and dysentery. |
| Habit : | Herb |