Alangium SALVIFOLIUM (L. f.) Wang.
| Synonym : | Alangium lamarkii Thw. Alangium decapetalum Lam. Alangium salviifolium subsp. Salviifolium Alang |
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| Bangla Name : | Aikha, Ankura, Ankor kanta. |
| English Name : | Alangium, Sage-leaved Alangium. |
| Family : | Alangiaceae |
| Disease : | Fever,piles,rheumatism,spermatorrhoea. |
| Description : | A small tree, with more or less spinescent branches. Leaves 7.6-15.2 cm long, narrowly oblong or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers few in axillary fascicles. Fruits small, nearly globular, purplish-red when ripe, crowened by persistant calyx-limb. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Rajshahi. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves, roots and seeds contain the alkaloids, ankorine, marckidine, marckine, tubulosine, alangicine, cephaeline, psychotrine, etc., steroids and triterpenoids. Plant (root, leaves and fruit) also yield monoterpenoid lactam, alangiside, loganic acid, ven |
| Uses : | Root bark is emetic, febrifuge, purgative, anthelmintic, diaphoretic, antipyretic, useful in fever and piles. It is also used in leprosy, syphilitic and other skin diseases. Leaves are usful as poultice in rheumatic pains. Fruits are laxative, expectorant |
| Habit : | Tree |