Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze.
| Synonym : | Striga lutea Lour. Striga hirsuta var. humilis Benth. Striga asiatica var. humilis (Benth.) D.Y. Hong |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Disease : | strangury , |
| Description : | A small erect, rigid herb, 7.5-30 cm high, slender or branched, strigose with prickly hairs. Leaves sessile, 1.3-3.2 cm long, linear, often rough with pustular prickles. Flowers in long, lax spikes, corolla usually bright yellow, occasionally red or white, 6 mm across. Capsule 5 mm long, oblong-ellipsoid. |
| Distribution : | North and Eastern part of the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts contain flavonoids, including a rare flavone methyl ether, 7,4?-dimethyl scutellarein, apigenin, luteolin and ?-sitosterol. Root exudates of host plants of S. lutea contains p-benzoquinones and strigol (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | Plant is bitter, used to improve appetite and taste, useful in strangury and diseases of the blood. |
| Habit : | Herb |