Chloranthus elatior LINK.
| Synonym : | Chloranthus erectus (Buch.-Ham.) Verdc. Chloranthus erectus(Buch.-Ham.) Sweet ex Wall. Chloranthus officinalis Blume Cryphaea erecta Buch.-Ham. |
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| Bangla Name : | Rantas,Swolen finger grass |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Chloranthaceae |
| Disease : | Cough, whooping cough, rheumatic pains |
| Description : | Subshrubs. Stems terete, glabrous. Leaves opposite; leaf blade broadly elliptic or obovate to long obovate or oblanceolate, base cuneate, margin serrate, apex gradually narrowed to caudate; . Spikes terminal, dichotomously or racemosely branched, rearranged in panicles, long pedunculate; bracts triangular or ovate. Flowers white, small. Stamens 3; connectives confluent and ovoid, not elongate, apical part 3-lobed; central lobe larger, with a 2-loculed anther; lateral lobes smaller, with a 1-loculed anther each; thecae at central or apical parts of connective. Ovary ovoid. Fruit green when young, white at maturity, obovoid. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep. |
| Distribution : | Throughout BD |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Cough, whooping cough, rheumatic pains |
| Habit : | Shrub |