Cassytha FILIFORMIS L.


Synonym : Cassytha americana Nees
Cassytha aphyllaRaeusch.
Cassytha brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees Cassytha zeylanica Gaertn. Volutella aphylla Forssk.
Bangla Name : Akasbel
English Name : -
Family : LAURACEAE
Disease : the plant is used in bilious affection, urethritis, chronic dysentery, dropsy, anasarca, skin diseases, seborrhoea, congestion, rheumatism, waist pain
Description : It is a Parasitic twining herb with green or yellow thread-like stems up to 2 m long, often forming dense masses over vegetation. Leaves scale-like 1-2 mm long. Flowers minute greenish-white in axillary, laxly 3-10-flowerd spikes 1-6 cm long. Fruit a subglobose drupe, surrounded by the hairless receptacle, crowned by the persistent perianth.
Distribution : The species occurs in Chittagong,Khagrachari
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : the plant is used in bilious affection, urethritis, chronic dysentery, dropsy, anasarca, skin diseases, seborrhoea, congestion, rheumatism, waist pain
Habit : Herb