Croton BONPLANDIANUM Baill.
| Synonym : | Croton sparsiflorus Morong. Croton pauperulus Müll.Arg. Croton rivinoides Chodat Oxydectes bonplandiana (Baill.) Kuntze Oxydectes pauperula (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze |
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| Bangla Name : | Bankhira (B), Nakphul (Chakma), Pai hiya (Marma), Aa-sthu-pru (Rakhaing),,Pai Hiya (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Cough, eczema and ringworm. |
| Description : | A much-branched, woody herb, 20-50 cm tall, branches stellate-hairy to glabrous. Leaves alternate or subopposite, shortly petiolate, lamina 1.2-3.2 cm long, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, cuneate at base. Inflorescence terminal, 5-7 cm long, flowers laxly distributed. Male flowers small, white occupies the upper portion of the inflorescence. Female flowers few at the base of the inflorescence. Capsule 0.45 x 0.4 cm, oblong-ellipsoid, shallowly 3-lobed. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country along waysides and fallow lands |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant and leaves contain alkaloids sparsiflorine, crotoflorine, crotsparine, crotsparinine, proaporphine, isoquinoline dienone, N-methylcrotsparine and N-methylcrotsparinine. Leaves and stem contains ?-sitosterol and taraxerol, vomifoliol, ursolic acid |
| Uses : | Juice of 3-4 leaves is given for 3-4 days to cure cough. Seed paste is applied locally on eczema and ringworm to cure. Latex is used to heal cuts and wounds. EtOH(50%) extract of plant is hypotensive and spasmolytic (Asolkar et al., 1992). The leaf ext |
| Habit : | Herb |