Acronychia PEDUNCULATA (L.) Miq.
| Synonym : | Acronychia laurifolia Bl. Cyminosma pedunculata DC. Acronychia apiculata Miq. Clausena simplicifo |
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| Bangla Name : | Ban Jamir (Chittagong). |
| English Name : | Clawflowered laurel, Laka wood. |
| Family : | Rutaceae |
| Disease : | ulcers,small-pox |
| Description : | A small evergreen, aromatic tree. Leaves subopposite, 1-foliolate, leaflets 5-15 cm, long, oblong-elliptic or obovate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate. Cymes axillary, slender, oppositely branched, spreading, long-peduncled, corymbose. Flowers 8-18 mm diam., greenish white, fragrant. Drupe globose, very variable in size, from a pea to a small cherry. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Sylhet, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Chittaging Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Stem bark contains alkaloid, bauerenol and k-oxalate. Bark contains acrovestone, acronylin, 6-demethylacronylin, wood also contains acronylin, 6-demethylacronylin and in addition ?-sitosterol. Leaves of Sri-lanka plant contain alkaloid, kokusginine and wo |
| Uses : | Aromatic bark is tonic, prescribed externally in scabies, sores and ulcers. The leaves are burnt near small-pox patients. |
| Habit : | Tree |