Crotalaria VERRUCOSA L.
| Synonym : | Anisanthera hastata Raf. Crotalaria acuminata (DC.) G.Don Phaseolus bulai Blanco Quirosia anceps Blanco |
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| Bangla Name : | Jhanjhania, Bansan.,Moah Soyaleh, Mack Soleh (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Expectorant, emetic, biliousness, dyspepsia, fever, throat, mouth disease, scabie, impetigo and scene disease. |
| Description : | A much-branched herb up to 1 m high, branches angled. Leaves 5-15 cm long, ovate-rhomboid or ovate-deltoid, obtuse. Flowers bluish-purple in terminal or lateral 12-20 flowered racemes, 15-20 cm long. Pods 2.5-3 cm long, oblong, inflated, black, hairy. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Sylhet in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds contain a number of pyrrolizidine alkaloids including crotalaburnine, crotaverrine, iso-senkirkine, isosenkirkine acetate, crotaverrine, crotaverrine acetate and also ?-sitosterol. Seeds also contain flavonoids - isovitexin, vitexin-4?-xyloside, vi |
| Uses : | The leaves are expectorant and emetic, cure biliousness, dyspepsia, fever, throat and mouth diseases and heart complaints. It is used both internally and externally for scabies and impetigo and in diminishing salivation. Leaf extract is applied to soothe |
| Habit : | Herb |