Digera ALTERNIFOLIA Asch.
| Synonym : | Digeramuricata(L.) Mart. Digera arvensis Forsk. Achyranthes muricata L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Latamouri, Latamahauria, Gungutiya. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Amaranthaceae |
| Disease : | - |
| Description : | A slender, annual field weed, 30-60 cm high. Leaves 2-7.5 cm long, ovate or elliptic, acute or rounded at the apex. Flowers rose-coloured, sessile, in threes on lax, axillary, pedunculate spikes, 2.5-12.5 cm long. Fruit 2.5-3 mm diam., globose, somewhat compressed. |
| Distribution : | Jessore and other western districts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain lipid and fatty acids, palmitic acid being the major one. The plant also contains ?- &?-spinasterol, ?-sitosterol and tetracosanoic, stearic, palmitic, octacosanoic and betulinic acids, tinosporin, n-hentriacontane, petulin, ceryl alcohol, |
| Uses : | Plant is cooling, astringent to the bowels in small doses and laxative in large doses, useful in biliousness. Flowers and seeds are useful in urinary discharges. EtOH(50%) extract of the plant is diuretic (Asolkar et al.,1992). D: Bowel, biliousness |
| Habit : | - |