Althaea officinalis L.
| Synonym : | Althaea kragujevacensisPan?i? Althaea sublobataStokes Althaea taurinensisDC. Althaea vulgarisBubani |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | - |
| Disease : | Bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough |
| Description : | Perennial erect herbs. Branches densely tomentose, velutinous. Leaves triangular to broadly ovate, rounded or truncate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, irregularly serrate to crenate or dentate; stipules linear or linear-lanceolate. Flowers axillary. fascicled on common peduncle, equalling or slightly exceeding the petiole; pedicels short. Calyx fused below the middle, enclosing fruit; lobes lanceolate to ovate, acuminate. Corolla pinkish or almost white, petals obovate. Fruit globular, pubescent; mericarps. Seeds reniform, dark brown, glabrous, smooth. |
| Distribution : | - |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough |
| Habit : | Herb |