Flora of Bangladesh

Daadmordon or Ringworm bush ( Senna alata , family: Caesalpiniaceae) is a tall erect shrub, attaining a height of 2.5 m. Stem is thick and yellowish. It is native to the West Indian Islands. From there it came to the country through the Portuguese. It is found in fallow lands and beside roads in Bangladesh. It is also found in the tropical areas round the world. The plant is unique to bring the royal splendor of yellow color to gardens.   As an ornamental plant it is planted in gardens and parks. The bushy shrub is a very popular medicinal plant in the country as well as Indian subcontinent.  Leaves compound, 25-60 m long, leaflets 6-10 pairs, oblong, opposite, 6-10 cm long 4-5 cm wide, sometimes slightly orcordate at the tip, sessile.  Flowers are borne on upward terminal raceme, from bottom to top, 15-20 cm long. Flowers are brilliant yellow with brownish shade, 2-5 cm wide, petals 5, several different-sized stamens in the middle...

Dholkolmi or   Pink morning glory  ( Ipomoea carnea , family: Convolvulaceae) is a water-friendly sub-erect shrub from Morning glory family with profuse branches. Ipomoea carnea  is originated in tropical America but widely naturalized in Indian subcontinent as well as Southeast Asia. Other names: Bera-kolmi, Bush morning glory. For video please visit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ySgv2IUEQ It is an iconic plant in rural Bangladesh. It grows abundantly on the bank of river, pond and other water bodies. Flowers are light violet, showy, funnel-shaped. A fully open flower-head can reach about 7-9 cm long and 8-12 cm wide. Leaves are heart-shaped and narrowed towards apex, glabrous.  Fruit is round, hairy deshicent , seed black. Propagation of the plant is caused by cuttings. The burst fruit To prevent soil erosion the erect shrub is planted on the bank of rivers and other water bodies.  Sometimes...

Chitki or Roast potato plant ( Phyllanthus reticulatus , family: Euphorbiaceae) is a erect, dense and deciduous shrub with many branches, attaining a height of 3-4 m. The plant is found in Tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Common names : Chitki, Chhitki, Panjuli, Pankushi, Potato plant, Roast potato plant. Leaves are small, elliptic, round at the base,; alternate, 2-5 cm long. The flowers appear  in April-May  before or with the leaves.  They are very small greenish-yellow with a reddish tinge,  3 cm long,  clustered on the tips of short slender branches. One female flower appears among a group of male flowers in a cluster 6 to many-seeded fruit is small, flat round, violet or red-purplish when ripe. As a wild fruit village children eat these tasty berry and color their mouths purple frequently.  Its leaves are stomachic. Bark and leaves are used as uretic and antidote to fever.  It grows ...