Nelumbium speciosum Willd.


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Bangla Name : -
English Name : -
Family : Rubiaceae
Disease : Diarrhoea, cholera, fever, cardiac diseases.
Description : Petiole terete, fistulous, glabrous or papillae hard and scattered; leaf blade abaxially blue-green, orbicular, papery, glabrous, glaucous, water-repellent, margin entire. peduncles longer than petioles, glabrous or sparsely spinulate. Tepals caducous, pink or white, oblong-elliptic to obovate.Stamens slightly longer than receptacle; filament slender; anther linear.Receptacle accrescent, turbinate. Fruit oblong to ovoid, glabrous; pericarp thick, hardened. Fl. Jun--Aug.
Distribution : Throughout Bangladesh
Chemical Constituents : plant contains a number of alkaloids. Raffinose and stachyose from rhizomes.Nelumboside from leaves. Nor nuciferine, pronuciferine, roemerine, nuciferine, anonaine etc. From leaves and seeds. Nuphrarine causes tasting stimulation of respiration; impaired
Uses : This plant is used in Diarrhoea, cholera, fever, cardiac diseases.
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