Hibiscus SURATTENSIS L.
| Synonym : | Furcaria surattensis Kostel. Hibiscus aculeatus G. Don Hibiscus surattensis var. villosus Hochr. |
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| Bangla Name : | Ram bhindi (B), Sowa Amela (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Malvaceae |
| Disease : | Intestinal penile irritation, sores ,urethritis , gonorrhoea and inflammations. |
| Description : | Weak-stemed shrubby annual, softly downy and sparingly armed with prickles. Leaves up to 5 cm long, palmately 3-5 lobed, with more or less truncate base, crenate-serrate, petiole long, prickly. Flowers large, yellow with dark purple centre, axillary, solitary. Capsules ovoid hairy. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts in fallow lands and scrub forests. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Leaves are used in intestinal disorders. A lotion or oinment of the leaf and stem is used for the treatment of penile irritation of any sort, including venereal sores and urethritis by the Zulus. An infusion is also used as an injection in to the urethra |
| Habit : | Shrub |