Hydrolea ZEYLANICA Vahl.
| Synonym : | Beloanthera oppositifolia Hassk. Hydrolea arayatensis Blanco Hydrolea javanica Blume Nama zeylanica L. Steris javanica L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kasschara, Ishalangulia. ,Rehankhuni (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Hydrophyllaceae |
| Disease : | Cleaning, healing, antiseptic, poultice, ulcers and pain. |
| Description : | An annual marsh herb, usually decumbent, 15-50 cm long. Leaves 2.5-6.3 cm long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Flowers numerous, in racemes on short lateral branches, corolla blue with darker veins, deeply divided, 5-6 mm long. Capsule 4 mm long, ovoid-oblong, enclosed in the enlarged persistent sepals. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country in fallow wet-lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The leaves are considered to possess cleaning, healing and antiseptic properties. Pulp of the plant is applied as a poultice on neglected and callous ulcers. The plant is used for pain in Khagrachari. EtOH(50%) extract of plant is hypoglycaemic and ant |
| Habit : | Herb |