| Synonym : | Cyperus corymbosus var. scariosus (R.BR.) Kük.
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| Bangla Name : | Nagarmutha. |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Cyperaceae |
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| Disease : | Carminative, emmenagogue, appetizer cooling, cordial, stomachic, astringent, desicant, galactagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, biliousness, fever, dysentery, diarrhoea, thirst, burning sensation, fatigue, urinary discharges, menorrhagia, stuttering, oedema, |
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| Description : | A slender glabrous sedge, with slender stolon, 0.4-5 cm long. Stem slender, 40-90 cm long, triquetrous. Leaves variable, usually short, less than one-third of the stem. Umbel thin slender contracted, rays slender, sometimes up to 7.5 cm long. Spikelets linear, pale straw-coloured. |
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| Distribution : | Chittagong, Khulna (Sundarbans), in low lying areas. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | The rhizome oil contains rotundene, rotundenol, (-) ?-selinene, a new tricyclic hydrocarbon - isopatchoula-3,5-diene, isopatchoulenone, a newsesquiterpene ketone – cyperenone, two new crystalline sesquiterpene alcohols – cyperenol and patchoulenol, a keto |
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| Uses : | The tubers are carminative, emmenagogue, appetizer cooling, cordial, stomachic, astringent, desicant, galactagogue, diaphoretic and diuretic, useful in biliousness, fever, dysentery, diarrhoea, bad taste, thirst, burning sensation, fatigue, urinary discha |
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| Habit : | - |
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