Ruellia SUFFRUTICOSA Roxb.
| Synonym : | Dipteracanthus sibua Nees Dipteracanthus suffruticosus Voigt |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Acanthaceae |
| Disease : | Gonorrhoea, syphilis , renal affections and abortion |
| Description : | An erect, pubescent undershrub, 0.3-0.6 m high. Roots stout, often with fusiform swellings. Stems herbaceous, annually produced from a short creeping woody rhizome. Leaves lanceolate, elliptic or oblanceolate, the lower ones usually smaller. Flowers solitary, terminal, subsessile, 3.8 cm long. Corolla white, 3.8-5 cm, tube slender. Capsule 3.8 cm long, oblong, often tinged with purple. |
| Distribution : | North Bengal (Dinajpur). |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Roots are used in gonorrhoea, syphilis and renal affections, the dried ground roots are taken in the dose of 2 oz. by a pregnant women, causes abortion. Water extract of the dried roots are used as a wash to sore-eyes. |
| Habit : | Under shrub |