Cassytha FILIFORMIS L.
| Synonym : | Cassytha americana Nees Cassytha aphyllaRaeusch. Cassytha brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees Cassytha zeylanica Gaertn. Volutella aphylla Forssk. |
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| 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 |