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| Bangla Name : | Assam lata, Bara Shialmuti, Assam pata (Chittagong), Pisaish (Rema-kalenga). ,Ashumabaong, Oyala, Ohipanea (Marma), Masundai (Tipra), Yi La (Murang). |
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| English Name : | Christmas Bush, Jack-in-the-bush, Bitter Bush. |
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| Family : | Asteraceae |
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| Disease : | Bronchitis, infusions, decoctions, colds, influenza, fever, dysentery, cough and diabetes. |
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| Description : | A coarse herb, up to 3 m tall, stems terete, glandular pubescent. Leaves opposite, deltoid-ovate, triangular or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, entire or serrate-dentate, up to 10 x 3 cm, pubescent beneath. Heads in corymbs, terminating the branches, 3-4 mm across. Flowers bluish. |
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| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh in fallow lands and scrubs. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts contain lupeol, epoxylupeol, ?-amyrin, flavone, salvigenin, flavonoids, kaempferide, tamarixetin, sakuranetin, isosakuranetin, acacetin and chalcones, odoratin, sinensetin and trihydric alcohol, ceryl alcohol, anisic acid, sterols, odoratin a |
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| Uses : | Plants are given with milk for bronchitis in children. Leaf infusions and decoctions are used for colds, influenza and fever. The crushed leaves are applied in cuts and wounds. Leaves are used for dysentery in Khagrachari. Decoction of the flowers is used |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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