Canscora DIFFUSA (Vahl.) R. Br.
| Synonym : | Canscora foliosa D.Don Canscora stricta Sedgw. Cobamba dichotoma Blanco Exacum erectum (R.Br.) Roth Gentiana diffusa Vahl |
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| Bangla Name : | -Nunukkhai(Marma.). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Gentianaceae |
| Disease : | Nerve tonic |
| Description : | An erect, much-branched, slender annual, 15-60 cm high. Leaves membranous, 1.8-4 cm long, 3-nerved, broadly ovate, acute, lower smaller, elliptic, acute. Flowers numerous, rosy, in lax, diffuse, paniculate cymes, calyx tube up to 6 mm long, 4-ribbed, corolla tube up to 8 mm long. Capsule oblong, 4-7 mm long. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Maheshkhali, St. Martins (Cox’s Bazar), Kaptai, Lama, Faridpur, Barguna, Rajshahi, Kustia, Dhaka, in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | These are similar to those of Canscora decussata (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | Plant is used as a nerve tonic and substitue for C. decussata (no. 141). |
| Habit : | Herb |