Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal: Botany, Natural Products, and Ethnopharmacology by Christophe Wiart

Author:Christophe Wiart [Wiart, Christophe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138735163
Google: DS59vwEACAAJ
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2019-11-15T00:02:44.992523+00:00

69.8 Mussaenda glabrata (Hook. f.) Hutch. ex Gamble

Local name: Gach ranitak

Common name: White lady

Botanical description: It is a shrub that grows up to about 2 m tall. The leaves are simple, opposite, and stipulate. The petiole is about 1 cm. The stipule is about 1 cm long and bifid. The blade is elliptic, green and glossy above, light yellow below, soft, 8–12 cm × 3–6.5 cm, with about 11 pairs of conspicuous secondary nerves, tapering at the base and acuminate at apex. The inflorescences are cymose and terminal. The calyx includes 5 linear sepals, which are about 8 mm long. The corolla is tubular, about 2–2.5 cm long, and develops 5 triangular lobes, which are bright orange. The fruits are oblong, green, fleshy, and about 1 cm long.

Medicinal use: jaundice, leprosy

Pharmacology: Extracts of the plant exhibited cytotoxic effects.627

Mussaenda glabrata

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