🔴 Bonnaya ciliata

Traditional Herbs from Bonnaya ciliata

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• Take enough dragonfly leaves.
• Crush it until it becomes a paste.
• Apply it to the stomach.
• Sap from the crushed leaves is given after giving birth

What is Bonnaya ciliata Looks like??

Parts of Bonnaya ciliata that could be used

• Leaves
• All Parts of the Plant

Bonnaya ciliata Distribution

Bonnaya ciliata or dragonfly is a weed species that is widespread in Cambodia, India, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam and Northern Australia. In its use, this weed plant turns out to have good health properties and has traditionally been used as a medicinal plant.
Agroecology of Bonnaya ciliata
Bonnaya ciliata can be found growing in sunny or shady areas, grassy areas, deserts, roadsides, fallow fields, rainfed rice fields, disturbed places, at altitudes from sea level to 1,300 m above sea level. This species generally grows in light, sandy or gravelly soil, often in groups, and likes damp places. This species is also able to tolerate several days of submersion.
Morphology of Bonnaya ciliata

• Taproot, white or brown.
• The stem is much branched, the branches are bent and sometimes form roots at the last node, rectangular in shape, solid, glabrous or hairy. Stipules are absent.
• Opposite leaves (opposite), elliptical-oval, leaf base rounded, leaf tip blunt to pointed (acute), leaf edge aristate-dentate (toothed), sessile.
• Flowers bisexual,\u00a0solitary or grouped in axillary or terminal racemes, stalked. Has 5-lobed and linear petals, while the corolla (corolla) is pink or bluish pink in shape, curved tube with 5 petals, 2 lips. \u00a0(ovary) about 2 - 3 mm long, elongated leafy bracts, about 2 - long. 3 mm. Stamens 2 in number, anthers unequal, staminodes (false stamens) with different hooks (divergent). .
• The seeds are black.

Cultivation of Bonnaya ciliata
Generative propagation through seeds.

Bonnaya ciliata, more details :

Chemical Content of Bonnaya ciliata
β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, lup-20(29)en-3β-ol, flavonoids, phenolic compounds.
Benefits of Bonnaya ciliata
Medicine after giving birth, treating menorrhagia (excessive menstruation), gonorrhea, jaundice, urination disorders, headaches, liver complaints, spleen diseases, constipation, coughs, worms, skin diseases, diabetes, anemia, bronchitis, asthma, reduces fever, Overcoming loss of appetite, hypertension. Has hepatoprotective activity (liver protector).
Simplisia of Bonnaya ciliata

Another Facts for Bonnaya ciliata :

Synonym of Bonnaya ciliata
Bonnaya brachiata Link & Otto, Lindernia ciliata (Colsm.) Pennell, Lindernia serrata (Roxb.) F.Muell.
Habitus of Bonnaya ciliata
Herb. Erect or prostrate herbaceous, annual, growing up to 20 cm tall
Habitat of Bonnaya ciliata

• Roadside
• Grassland
• Land