Hygrophila AURICULATA (Schum.) Heyne.
| Synonym : | Asteracantha longifolia (L.) Nees. Asteracantha auriculata Nees Barleria glabrata Vahl ex Nees Hygrophila spinosa T.Anderson Barleria longifolia L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kulekhara, Talmakhna. |
| English Name : | Starthorn. |
| Family : | Acanthaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, aphrodisiac, hypnotic, diarrhoea, dysentery, thirst, urinary calculi, urinary discharges, inflammations, biliousness, anaemia, constipation, anuria, cough, gleet, lumbago, pains, cooling, sedative, uterus, constipating, gonorrhea, spermatorrhoea, c |
| Description : | A stout herb with numerous fasciculate usually unbranched, subquadrangular, erect, stems, 0.6-1.5 m high, thickened at the nodes. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, sparsely hispid on both sides, six at a node, the outer 2 large, reaching 15 cm long, each leaf bear straight, sharp, yellow, spines in its axil. Flowers purple-blue, 3.5 cm long, in a whorl of 8 at each node. Capsuls 8 mm long, linear-oblong, pointed. |
| Distribution : | Wet-lands in different parts of the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts contain alkaloids, phytosterol, essential oil, mucilage, triterpene alcohol, lupeol, stigmasterol and hydrocarbons. Seeds contain fixed oil, enzymes and sterol. Asterol I, II, III and IV and asteracanthine & asteracanthicine have also been is |
| Uses : | Leaves are tonic, aphrodisiac and hypnotic, useful in diarrhoea, dysentery, thirst, urinary calculi, urinary discharges, inflammations, biliousness, anaemia, constipation, anuria and cough, also applied for gleet, lumbago and pains in the joints. Seeds ar |
| Habit : | Herb |