| Synonym : | Corchorus brachycarpus Guill. & Perr.
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| Bangla Name : | Banpat, Bilnalita, Janglipat. |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Tiliaceae |
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| Disease : | Tonic, anthelmintic, bowels, restorative, ulcers, tumour, ascites, piles, dysentery, cooling, laxative, stimulant, tonic, aphrodisiac, alexipharmac, cures tumour, pain, stomach troubles, scabies and skin diseases. |
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| Description : | An annual, 15-45 cm high, much-branched from the base. Leaves 2-4 cm long, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, serrate, the lower serratures not produced into filiform appendages. Flowers in very short, leaf opposed cymes. Capsules 12 mm long, straight, cylindric. |
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| Distribution : | North Bengal, in fallow lands. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | ?-sitosterol, betulinic acid and a new flavonoid glycoside have been isolated from the plant (Rastogi and Mehrotra, 1993). Seeds yield cardenolides including trilocularin (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
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| Uses : | The plant is tonic, anthelmintic, astringent to the bowels and restorative, useful in ulcers, tumour, ascites and piles, cures dysentery. The leaves are cooling, laxative, stimulant, tonic and aphrodisiac. Seeds are alexipharmac, cures tumour, pain, stoma |
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| Habit : | - |
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