Glinus OPPOSITIFOLIUS (L.) A. DC.


Synonym : Mollugo spergula L.
Mollugo oppositifolia L.
Glinus denticulatus (Guill. & Perr.) Fenzl
Glinus spergula (L.) Steud.
Glinus mollugo Fenzl
Bangla Name : Gima, Gima-sak, Jima.
English Name : -
Family : Molluginaceae
Disease : Stomachic, aperients,antiseptic,skin diseases depressant and diuretic.
Description : A diffuse prostrate, annual herb, stems slender, numerous, dichotomously branched. Leaves 13-22 mm long, in whorls of 4-5, unequal, oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate or sometimes spathulate. Flowers small, white, in axillary fascicles of 2 or more, with long filiform pedicels. Capsules ellipsoid, a little shorter than the sepals.
Distribution : Throughout the country in moist fallow and cultivated fields and walls
Chemical Constituents : Leaves contain spergulagenic acid, a saturated triterpenoid sapogenin, spergulagenin A and a tri-hydroxy ketone. Roots contain a glycoside, mollugo glycoside A. ?-Spinasterol and ?-sitosterol glucoside, bis-nortriterpene sapogenol, spergulatriol, spergula
Uses : The plant is stomachic, aperient and antiseptic, used in skin diseases and for suppression of the lochia. Warmed herb moistened with castor oil is a good cure for earache. The juice is applied to itch and other skin diseases. EtOH(50%) extract of plant
Habit : Herb