Euphorbia HIRTA L.
| Synonym : | Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp. Desmonema hirta (L.) Raf. Euphorbia capitata Lam. Euphorbia gemella Lag. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bara Keru, Ghaopata, Bara Dhudi, Dudhiya, Barakarni. , Noma, Sai Ma Mungye (Marma), Dudal (Garo). |
| English Name : | Australian Asthma Herb, Pil-bearing Spurge, Snake-weed. |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Astringent, haemostatic, abscesses, inflamed glands, ulcers, oedemas, phlegmons, worms, bowel, cough, tonic, narcotic, antiasthmatic, febrifuge, dysentery, diarrhea, colic, amoebiasis, asthma and bronchial. |
| Description : | A small annual herb, 15-50 cm high, hispid, with white latex. Leaves opposite, 1.3-3.8 cm long, obliquely oblong-lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, serrulate or dentate. Flowers very small, crowded in small axillary shortly pedunculate globose cymes. Capsules minute, hairy. |
| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains flavonoids, terpenoids, alkanes, phenolic acids, shikimic acid and choline. Aerial parts contain latex, a toxic glycoside, an alkaloid, choline, shikimic acid, l-inositol, sugars. It also contains tannins of the pyrogallol group and fla |
| Uses : | The plant is astringent and haemostatic, as poultice applied topically to abscesses, inflamed glands, ulcers, oedemas and phlegmons. It is chiefly used in affections of childhood, in worms, bowel complaints and cough. The juice is considered tonic, narcot |
| Habit : | Herb |