Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb.
| Synonym : | Hedyotis diffusa Willd. Oldenlandia pauciflora Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Hedyotis diffusa var. extensa (Hook.f.) R.Dutta |
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| Bangla Name : | Fussa papra (B). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Biliousness, fever, gonorrhea and cancer. |
| Description : | An annual diffuse flaccid weed, stems numerous, prostrate, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves subsessile, 2-3.2 cm long, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute. Flowers very small, white, usually solitary, sessile or on very short pedicels. Capsules broader than long, very truncate and flat on the top. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The herb contains ?-sitosterol, ?-sitosterol, stigmasterol, ursolic acid and oleanolic acid. It also contains p-coumaric acid and anthraquinones. 3 new iridoid glucosides have been isolated from aerial parts (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | Decoction of the plant is used in biliousness, fever and gonorrhoea. The herb is antitumour against Ehrlich cancer cells in mice. Hexane extract is cytotoxic to both human and mouse cancer cells (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | - |