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Plantago major L.
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- Local Name:
- Bartang, Chamcha Patar.
- Synonym:
- Habit & Habitat:
- A perennial herb with adventitious root up to 80cm tall, found in sub-tropical and temperate zones.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, ovate-elliptic, entire with tapering base. Inflorescence a dense spike,5-20 cm long. Sepals elliptic. Corolla greenish-yellowish white. Fruit a capsule, globose. Seed dark brown.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June-September.
- Harvesting Time:
- July-November.
- Medicinal Value:
- Leaves treat urinary infection, burns, bee stings, hemorrhoids and conjunctivitis. Detoxifying tea is used for treating tubercular ulcers and diarrhea.[5] Locally it is used as astringent and painkiller, also useful in piles, crushed leaves are used to stop bleeding and treatment of insects bites.
- Part Used:
- Leaf and seed.
- Occurrence:
- Common.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy.
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