Crotalaria JUNCEA L.
| Synonym : | Crotalaria benghalensis Lam. Crotalaria porrecta Wall. Crotalaria sericea Willd. Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Sonpat, Shon, Ghoresun. |
| English Name : | Sunn Hemp, Bombay Hemp. |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Refrigerant, demulcent, emetic, purgative, emmenagogue, abortifacient, fever, skin disease and colic. |
| Description : | A tall annual, 0.6-2.4 m high, branches numerous, ascending, striate, silky-pubescent. Leaves 2.5-10 cm long, linear or oblong, appressed silky. Flowers large, yellow, in erect terminal and lateral 12-20 flowered racemes, reaching up to 30 cm. Pods 2.5- 3 cm long, sessile, inflated, clothed with short fulvous silky hairs. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated in Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali, Chandpur. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain mucilage, fat and resin. Seeds contain phytoagglutinin and a bitter principle, corchorin. Seeds contain apigenin-7-glucuronide, apigenin-7,4´-O-di-glucoside and ?-hydroxynorleucine. Tissue cultures produce quercetin and alkaloids (Ghani, 20 |
| Uses : | Leaves are refrigerant, demulcent, emetic, purgative, emmenagogue and abortifacient, used externally and internally in the form of infusion in gastric and bilious fevers accompained by skin diseases such as impetigo and psoriasis. Seeds are used as hair t |
| Habit : | - |