Biophytum SENSITIVUM (L.) DC.
| Synonym : | Biophytum bogoroense De Wild. Biophytum cumingii Klotzsch Biophytum nervifolium Thwaites Biophytum somnulentum Goebel Oxalis sensitiva L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bannaringa, Jhalai. |
| English Name : | Sensitive Wood-sorrel. |
| Family : | Oxalidaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, stimulant, insomnia, gonorrhea, lithiasis, diuretic, astringent, fevers and asthma. |
| Description : | A small erect herb, hispidly pubescent. Leaves peripinnate, 3.7-12.7 cm long, crowded into a rosette on the top of the stem, leaflets 6-15 pairs, oblong, very variable in size, 6-12 mm long. Flowers dimorphic, yellow, on long peduncles of various lengths, petals usually twice as long as the sepals. Capsules elliptic, shining. |
| Distribution : | Forests and village thickets of Dhaka, Dinajpur, Kustia, Rajshahi, Pabna, Faridpur, Jessore, Chittagong, Mymensingh and Tangail. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The plant is tonic and stimulant, used in chest complaints, convulsion, cramps, burning pain and its ash for stomachache. Pounded plants are given in insomnia. The decoction of the root is given in fever, gonorrhoea and lithiasis. The leaves are diuretic, |
| Habit : | Herb |