Boesenbergia LONGIFLORA Kuntze.
| Synonym : | Gastrochilus longiflorua Wall. Boesenbergia fallax Loes. Curcumorpha longiflora (Wall.) A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma Gastrochilus jenkinsii Wall. ex Voigt Gastrochilus longiflorus Wall. |
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| Bangla Name : | -Nunukkhai(Marma.). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
| Disease : | cataract. |
| Description : | A leafy, rhizomatous herb.Leaves about 4 in a tuft, petiole long, erect, channeled, blade 15-30 cm or more long, base cordate or cuneate, often tinged purple beneath. Flowers 1-2 in radical spikes, corolla tube 5-7.6 cm long, very slender, much longer than the bracts, segments 1.25-2.5 cm, white, shorter than the white staminodes. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, in forest floor. |
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| Uses : | Marma of Khagrachari use to rub Rhizome of the plant on fore head to cure cataract |
| Habit : | Herb |