Pentapetes phoenicea L.


Synonym : Blattaria phoeniceaKuntze
Brotera phoenicea(L.) Cav.
Cavanil la poeniceaJ.F.Gmel.
Dombeya phoeniceaCav.
Eriorhaphe phoenicea(L.) Bamps
Bangla Name : Dibujja phul(Chakma),Moidya koaian(Marma) Surjomoni,Dupormondi,Bandli,Kailata,Duporia,Bandhuli,
English Name : Noon flower,Mid day flower,Scarlet mallow,Copper cup
Family : Sterculaceae
Disease : Dysmenorrhoea, febric convulsion, hysteria, menopause, painful micturation, remitting fever
Description : Annual herbs, sparsely stellate hairy. leaf blade linear-lanceolate, base broadly cuneate, rounded or truncate, margin crenate, apex acuminate. Flowers opening at noon, closing at dawn. Calyx lobes lanceolate. Petals red, broadly ovate. Staminodes tongue-shaped. Ovary ovoid, villous; ovules 8-12 per cell; style filiform, glabrous. Capsule nearly globose, densely stellate hairy and hispid, shorter than persistent calyx. Fl. summer-autumn.
Distribution : -
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : Dysmenorrhoea, febric convulsion, hysteria, menopause, painful micturation, remitting fever
Habit : Herb