Oldenlandia corymbosa L.
| Synonym : | Hedyotis corymbosa (L.) Link Hedyotis depressa (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. Hedyotis graminicola Kurz Oldenlandia alsinifolia G.Don Oldenlandia capillaris DC. Oldenlandia ramosa Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Khetpapra.,Bhuti tida (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Febrifuge, stomachic, anthelmintic, jaundice, liver complaints, fever, gastric, nervous and pain. |
| Description : | A flaccid, usually diffuse, sometimes erect herb, 7.5-38 cm long. Leaves 2-4.5 cm long, subsessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute. Flowers very small, white, on filiform pedicels, longer than the calyx, usually 2-3 on the top of a very slender, axillary, solitary peduncle. Capsules globose or sometimes slightly pyriform, somewhat didymous. |
| Distribution : | All over Bangladesh in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains the alkaloids, biflorine and biflorone, which are interconvertible. Concentration of biflorone increases at the cost of biflorine in stored plants. Both the alkaloids gradually disappear. Those stored for 3-4 years contain no alkaloid. |
| Uses : | The plant is febrifuge, stomachic and anthelmintic, given in jaundice, and liver complaints. Decoction of the plant is given in remittent fever, and as a cure for heat eruptions. The plant is also used in gastric irritation and nervous depression. Leaf ex |
| Habit : | Herb |