Spermacoce articularis L.f.
| Synonym : | Borreria articularis (L. f.) F. N. Will. Spermacoce flexuosa Lour. Spermacoce longicaulis R.Br. ex G.Don Spermacoce scabra Willd. |
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| Bangla Name : | Madnabata Kadu.,Aistogira (Tipra). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | ophthalmia, inflammation, blindness, earache, fever, spleen complaints, pimples, sores and dysentery. |
| Description : | A procumbent herb, stem quadrangular, hirsute, hispid, 15-35 cm long. Leaves subsessile, 1.25-3.7 cm long, oblong or elliptic, often rounded at the tip, scabrid, pubescent. Flower very small, white or bluish, 4-6 in a whorl within the stipular cup. |
| Distribution : | All over Bangladesh in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plants contain ?-sitosterol and ursolic acid, and d-mannitol. Seeds contain isorhamnetin (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | Plant is used in ophthalmia, inflammation of eye and gums, blindness, earache, fever, spleen complaints, pimples, sores and dysentery. A decoction of the root is used as an alterative. Seeds are used in diarrhoea and dysentery in Khagrachari. EtOH(50%) |
| Habit : | Herb |