Euryale ferox Salisb.
| Synonym : | Anneslea spinosa Andrews Euryale indica Planch. |
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| Bangla Name : | Makhna,Kanta Padma,Kanta makhna |
| English Name : | Fox nut |
| Family : | Nymphaeaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, astringent, deobstruent, aphrodisiac, dysmenorrhoea, restrain seminal gleet, rheumatism |
| Description : | Submerged leaves not prickly; leaf blade sagittate or elliptic,. Floating leaves prickly on petioles and along veins; leaf blade abaxially dark purple and adaxially green .Flower to 5 cm in diam. Peduncle stout, densely prickly. Sepals triangular-ovate. Petals outer purple-violet fading to inner white, oblong-lanceolate.Ovary 7--16-loculed, each locule with 6--8 or more ovules. Fruit dark purple, globose, spongy, densely prickly. Seeds black, 8 to many, globose, testa thick, rigid. Fl. Jun--Aug. |
| Distribution : | Haors ofKishorgong, Sylhet |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Tonic, astringent, deobstruent, aphrodisiac, dysmenorrhoea, restrain seminal gleet, rheumatism |
| Habit : | Herb |