Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng.


Synonym : Xeromphis spinosa (Thunb.) Keay
Canthium chinense Pers.
Gardenia spinosa Thunb.
Narega coduva Raf
Bangla Name : Mon-kanta, Mon-phal, Belong, Pendel.
English Name : Emetic Nut.
Family : Rubiaceae
Disease : Bronchitis,asthma, pain of muscle, paralysis ,inflammations, leprosy, boils , eruptions, stomachache,dysentery, rheumatism,dysentery ,fevers ,diarrhorea , biliousness.
Description : A small deciduous tree, often shrubby with stout axillary spins. Leaves are usually fascicled on the suppressed branches, 3.2-5.7 cm long, obovate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, roundish or shortly obtuse. Flowers, subsessile in axillary fascicles, corolla 2 cm long, at first white, afterwards becoming yellow. Fruit about 4 cm across, a yellowish berry, globose or broadly ovoid, crowned with the large calyx limb.
Distribution : Forests, village thickets, roadsides and railway tracts, throughout the country.
Chemical Constituents : Fruits contain a number of neutral and acidic di- and tirterpenoid saponin glycosides, essential oil and acid resin. Seeds contain lead. Bark contains two coumarin glycosides, mannitol and saponins. Six saponins identified as dumetoronins A,B,C,D,E and F,
Uses : Fruits are emetic, purgative, diaphoretic, antispasmodic, carminative and antipyretic, useful in bronchitis, asthma, pain of muscle, paralysis, inflammations, leprosy, boils and eruptions. They are also used in stomachache and in dysentery of childerns, e
Habit : Tree