Ethnobotany Bangladesh

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. (জবা)

Group: Dicot
Family: Malvaceae - Mallow family
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Shrub
Bangla/Vernacular Name: Jaba, Daru, Raktajaba.


Tribal Name: Sweeli (Khumi), Hindu Ma-pangi (Marma), Run-Pao (Murang), Nepe (Rakhaing), Ulphul (Tanchangya), Joba (Tripura).
English Name: Shoe flower, China rose.
Description of the Plant:
An ornamental shrub or small tree. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, irregularly and coarsely serrate towards the top.Flowers large, axillary solitary; corolla tubular below, red.

Musa paradisiaca L.

Synonyms:
Musa ornata Roxb. var. normalis Kuntze
Musa sapientum L.
Musa dacca Horan.
Musa paradisiaca var. dacca (Horan.) Baker ex K. Schum.
Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum (L.) Kuntze


Group: Monocot
Family: Musaceae - Banana family
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Bangla/Vernacular Name: Kola, Aittakola, Bichikola, Kach Kola.
Tribal Name: Banla hel (Bawm), Anazi kola (Chakma), Nwpupi (Marma), Deng-li(Murang), Kela (Rakhaing).
English Name: Seeded Banana, Plantain, Banana.
Description of the Plant:
A tree-like herb; psudostem 2.5-3.75 m high. Leaves oblong.Inflorescence long; bracts ovate, more or less pruinose, falling before the fruit matures.Fruit oblong, trigonous, tapering to the base and apex, full of seeds, yellowish when ripe.

Catharanthus roseus G. Don - A bushy annual or somewhat suffruticose plant. Leaves polished, ovate or oblong.

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Catharanthus roseus G. Don Leaves and latex are given for blood dysentery. Juice prepared from leaves is taken it in gastritis, abdominal pain (Chakma). Read more about plants profile of the Catharanthus roseus G. Don.

A tall, handsome tree with drooping branches, very slender sulcate branchlets

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Casuarina littorea L. Powdered seeds are applied as plasters in headaches. Read more about plants profile of the Casuarina littorea L..

A tall palm. The crown is rather thin, consisting of several ascending, graceful, curved, bi-pinnate, large leaves.

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Caryota urens L. A tall palm. Read more about plants profile of the Caryota urens L..

A small to medium, deciduous tree.

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Cassia fistula L. Extract prepared from root is taken twice daily until cured from Diarrhoea (Tripura). Read more about plants profile of the Cassia fistula L.

A thisle-like annual herb. Leaves sessile, rigid, broad-lanceolate, spinosely serrate.

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Carthamus tinctorius L. Young plants are efficacious in colds. Leaves and flowers are cooked as vegetable (Khumi). Read more about plants profile of the Carthamus tinctorius L..

Carissa carandas L. - Planted all over the country.

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Carissa carandas L. The juicy pulp in often directly eaten for its very acid to fairly sweet tastes. Read more about plants profile of the Carissa carandas L.

Young fruits and leaves are very rich in latex, which contains a number of digestive enzymes, called papain.

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Carica papaya L. Juice prepared from fruit is taken against diarrhoea. Unripe fruits are cooked as curry (Murang). Read more about plants profile of the Carica papaya L.

Perennial herbs. Rhizomes short, creeping.

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Carex continua C. B. Clarke Rhizomes short, creeping. Inflorescence of very small, evently spaced spikes. Read more about plants profile of the Carex continua C. B. Clarke.

A herbacious climber, stems wiry.

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Cardiospermum halicacabum L. An infusion of leaves is taken to treat measles and an infusion of leaves with sugar is taken for high fever (Tanchangya). Read more about plants profile of the Cardiospermum halicacabum L.

A shrubley perennial plant. Leaves broadly ovate.

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Capsicum frutescence L. Powder of the dried fruit is made into paste with water and fried with hot rice is given in blood dysentery (Chakma). Read more about plants profile of the Capsicum frutescence L.