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| Bangla Name : | Khetranga (Chakma ), Kettyranga (Tanchunga), Padagrah (Marma). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
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| Disease : | Gastric pain,aphrodisiac,diarrhoea and dysentery. |
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| Description : | A rhizomatous herb with 90-120 cm high slender leafy stem. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 15-30 cm long, glabrous beneath. Panicle 15-23 cm long, narrow, flowers small, corolla-segments oblong, greenish, lip orbicular, yellowish with red lines and dots, with two small teeth at the base. Fruits, globose, size of a pea. |
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| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Fresh rhizome contains 1.1% and fresh leaf contains 0.21% essential oil (Yusuf, 1999). |
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| Uses : | In Ghagra area of Rangamati district, tribal use rhizomes for gastric pain, in the form of pills. In Marisha of Khagrachari district they prescribe rhizome in the form of pest, or piece of rhizome chewed with little salt. Rhizomes are also used as an aphr |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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