Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
| Synonym : | Acmella lanceolata Link ex Spreng. Bellis ramosa Jacq. Cotula alba (L.) L. Eclipta alba (L.) Hass |
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| Bangla Name : | Kesuti,Kesaraj,Keoti,Kalokeshi,Bhimraj,Moir-chor,Kalasona(Chakma),Bakcheine(Bawm),Aang-kuntuei(Khumi |
| English Name : | False daisy |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | Brain and hair tonic, Female disease, rheumatic fever, boils, jaundice, burning wound, foot mud sore |
| Description : | Herbs, caespitose,; stems terete, appressed strigose. Leaves simple, opposite,oblong, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, acute or subacuminate at apex, cuneate at base. Involucral bracts in 2 rows; outer bracts 5, ovate-elliptic, Ray florets 2-3- seriate, female.Sepals minute, ovate, acute, membranous. Corolla ca 2.5 mm long; tube ca 0.8 mm long; limb ca 1.6 mm long, with 2 unequal, obtuse-tipped lobes at apex. Disk florets numerous, ca 3 mm long. Corolla campanulate, ca 1.6 mm long; lobes 4, ovate, ciliate on margin.Stamens 4 or 5, sagittate.Style branches 2, pubescent. Ovary is hairy at apex. Achenes yellowish brown to brown, oblong-turbinate, dorsiventrally compressed and sharply angled, hairy at apex; pappus of partially or completely united scales forming a cone at the apex. |
| Distribution : | - |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant has been found to posses myocardial depressant and hypotensive effect. It is found to be effective in the treatment of infective hepatitis and against liver injury and inflammation. Leaves contain stigmasterol and a-ter-thienylmethanol. Alkaloids ec |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Brain and hair tonic, Female disease, rheumatic fever, boils, jaundice, burning wound, foot mud sore, gout, irregular menstruation, leprosy, pneumonia, vertigo, bronchitis, asthma, leucoderma, anaemia, itching, night blindness. |
| Habit : | Herb |