Cuscuta REFLEXA Roxb.
| Synonym : | Cuscuta elatior Choisy Cuscuta hookeri Sweet Cuscuta megalantha Steud Monogynella reflexa (Roxb.) Holub |
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| Bangla Name : | Swarnalata, Tarulata, Algusi, Halde Algushilata. ,Jigro (Marma), Ching oh sak (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Dodder. |
| Family : | Cuscutaceae |
| Disease : | Alterative, astringent, expectorant, carminative, tonic, purgative, diuretic, anthelmintic, jaundice, flatulence, fever, cough, depurative, sedative, emmenagogue, diuretic, carminative, tonic, diaphoretic, demulcent, fever, griping, hiccup, stomachaches, |
| Description : | A slender leafless, greenish-yellow, epiphytic, parasitic, twining annual. Flowers small, white, solitary or in umbellate clusters of 2-4 or short racemes. Capsules small, depressed-globose. |
| Distribution : | Grow as parasites on other plants throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains flavonoids (including kaempferol and quercitin), hydroxycinnamic acid, coumarins and flavonoid glycosides, scoparone, melanettin, quercetin and hyperoside. It also contains a colouring matter, cuscutin, a lactone, cuscutalin, the glycos |
| Uses : | Plant is regarded as alterative, astringent, expectorant, carminative, tonic, purgative, diuretic and anthelmintic, and reported to have anti-fertility properties, used in jaundice in Rema-Kalenga. Decoction of stem is useful in constipation, flatulence, |
| Habit : | - |