Ammannia BACCIFERA L


Synonym : -
Bangla Name : Dadmari, Jangli Mendi, Ban Marach.
English Name : Blistering Ammania
Family : Lythraceae
Disease : appetizer, laxative and stomachic.
Description : An erect or suberect herb, 15-20 cm high, sometimes more. Leaves oblong or narrow-elliptic, usually opposite, cauline ones opposite or alternate, 2.5-6.2 cm long. Flowers small, in dense axillary clusters or loose, but short cymes
Distribution : A common weed of wet places, throughout the country.
Chemical Constituents : Leaves contain an acrid principle, resin, glucose and lawsone (Ghani, 2003).
Uses : The leaves are appetizer, laxative and stomachic, used in strangury, cause biliousness. The juice causes ulcers and blebs, they are used universally by the natives to raise blisters in rheumatic pains. The plant is administered, fresh or dried in decoctio
Habit : Herb