Flemingia STROBILIFERA R.Br.
| Synonym : | Flemingia bracteata (Roxb.) Wight Flemingia fruticulosa Benth. Hedysarum strobiliferum L. Moghania strobilifera (L.) Kuntze Zornia strobilifera (L.) Pers. |
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| Bangla Name : | Simbusak phan (B), Eyami mana (Marma), Kamarmina (Chakma |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Epilepsy, hysteria,fever,vermifuge , menstruation and rheumatic fever. |
| Description : | An erect much-branched shrub about 2 m high. Leaves 1-foliolate, subcoriaceous, 9-14 cm long, ovate-oblong, acute. Flowers small, white, in axillary and terminal simple or branched racemes, 7.5-15 cm long, closely arranged along a slender, zigzag rachis, and enclosed, by broadly orbicular-ovate large bracts. Pods 10 mm long, oblong, turgid, mucronate. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar and Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain leptosidin glucoside, leptosin, also phloridizin and naringin. Roots contain chalcones, n-triacontane and ?-sitosterol (Ghani, 2003). Quercitrin, rutin and quercimeritrin have been obtained from leaves, stems and flowers (Rastogi & Mehrotra |
| Uses : | Roots are used in epilepsy, hysteria and to induce sleep, pounded roots are given in fever. The leaves are used as a vermifuge for children. The Marma tribe uses this plant as fly repellent, decoction of the leaf is taken orally by them to cure body swell |
| Habit : | Shrub |