| Synonym : | Rhamnus oenopolia L.
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| Bangla Name : | Mahkoa, Siakul, Shyakul, Anor, Janglikul. ,Kalam Jiba, Si Mo Thuai (Marma). |
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| English Name : | Jackal Jujube. |
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| Family : | Rhamnaceae |
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| Disease : | stomachache. |
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| Description : | A bushy, thorny shrub with long sarmentose branches. Leaves 2-farious, 2.5-5 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, obscurely crenate-serrate or sub-entire, pubescent beneath. Flowers small, greenish yellow in small, axillary cymes. Drupe 6 mm across, globose or obovoid, black when fully ripe. |
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| Distribution : | Outskirt of evergreen and scrub forest of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Peptide alkaloids zizyphinine and zizyphine A - E along with abyssinines A and B have been isolated from stem bark (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
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| Uses : | Using information: A decoction of the root bark is used to promote the healing of fresh wounds. Fruit is used as an ingredient in the pills used for stomachache. |
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| Habit : | shrub |
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