Pentapetes phoenicea L.
| Synonym : | Blattaria phoeniceaKuntze Brotera phoenicea(L.) Cav. Cavanil la poeniceaJ.F.Gmel. Dombeya phoeniceaCav. Eriorhaphe phoenicea(L.) Bamps |
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| 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 |