Daucus CAROTA L.
| Synonym : | Caucalis carota (L.) Crantz Daucus alatus Poir. Daucus allionii Link |
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| Bangla Name : | Gajor. |
| English Name : | Carrot. |
| Family : | Apiaceae |
| Disease : | Bowels, piles, burning sensation, biliousness, tumours, asthma, hiccup, bronchitis, urinary complaints, leprosy, tumour, jaundice, inflammation, tonic, aphrodisiac, dropsy, diarrhoea, menstrual diseases, kindney disease and jaundice. |
| Description : | A biennial herb, with thick, fusiform, orange-yellow root. Leaves triangular or oblong in outline, 2-3 pinnatisect into oblong-lanceolate, incised-dentate segments, those of the upper leaves liner-lanceolate. Flowers small, white in a compound umbels. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Carrot contains a tertiary base with papaverine-like activity and the protoalkaloids, pyrrolidine and daucine. It also contains flavones, sugars and a quaternary base, enzymes, coumarins and volatile components, toxicants, carotatoxins, myristicin and fal |
| Uses : | Rhizomes are antidysenteric, diuretic, carminative, tonic, cardiotonic, aphrodisiac, expectorant, stomachic and astringent to the bowels, cures piles, burning sensation, biliousness and tumours, good for asthma, hiccup, bronchitis, urinary complaints. It |
| Habit : | Herb |