Barlaria STRIGOSA Willd.
| Synonym : | Barleria caerulea Roxb. Barleria strigosa var. subglabra Kuntze Pseudobarleria hirsuta Oerst. |
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| Bangla Name : | Dasi. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Acanthaceae |
| Disease : | Ulcers, skin diseases, leucoderma, pains, itching and inflammations. |
| Description : | A small unarmed shrub up to 1.2 m high, branches fulvous-stigose upwards. Leaves 14 cm or more, ovate or elliptic, acute or acuminate, fulvous-strigose on the nerves beneath. Flowers in dense fulvous-hairy unilateral spikes, often crowded at the tops of the branches, corolla blue, 3.7-5 cm long, funnel-shaped in the upper half, lobes ovate. Capsule 18 mm long. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains ?- &?-sitosterol (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | The plant is bitter, pungent, mild antiseptic, useful in ulcers, skin diseases, leucoderma, pains, itching, inflammations, bronchitis, and diseases of the teeth. The root is used by the Santals as a remedy for cough. |
| Habit : | Shrub |