Hypericum japonicum Thunb.


Synonym : Ascyrum humifusumLabill.
Brathys japonica(Thunb.) Wight
Hypericum chinenseOsbeck
Sarothrajaponica(Thunb.) Y. Kimura
Bangla Name : Japani hyper
English Name : -
Family : Clusiaceae
Disease : Astrigent, alterative, styptic, vulnerary, asthma, dysentery
Description : Herbs, annual, tall or long, erect to decumbent or prostrate and rooting at base or along stem; stems solitary or ± cespitose,. Leaves sessile; blade usually ovate or ovate-triangular to oblong or elliptic, thickly papery, abaxially paler and sometimes glaucous; laminar and intramarginal glands dense; base cordate-amplexicaul to cuneate, margin plane, apex obtuse to rounded. Inflorescence terminal, sometimes with flowering branches from up to 3 nodes below; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate-subulate to leaflike. Sepals free, erect, narrowly oblong or rarely lanceolate to elliptic, subequal to unequal. Petals pale to bright yellow or orange, obovate to oblong or elliptic. Stamens 5-30, irregular or in 5 obscure groups when few. Ovary ± broadly ovoid to subglobose; styles (2 or)3,. Capsule cylindric to globose. Seeds straw-yellow. Fl. Mar-Oct, fr. Apr-Nov.
Distribution : -
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : Astrigent, alterative, styptic, vulnerary, asthma, dysentery
Habit : Herb