Vitex pinnata L.
| Synonym : | Vitex Pubescens Vahl. Pistaciovitex pinnata (L.) Kuntze Vitex arborea Roxb. Vitex inaequifolia T |
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| Bangla Name : | Arsol, Ashwal (Chittagong), Bhadruk, Awal (Sylhet), Ga urbo (Chakma). |
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| Family : | Verbenaceae |
| Disease : | Jaundice |
| Description : | A medium-sized to large deciduous tree, 6-18 m tall, often fluted. Young parts, leaves and inflorescence densely covered with soft twany pubescence. Leaves 3-foliate, sometimes 5-foliate, leaflets elliptic lanceolate, 7-15 cm long, entire, acute. Flowers small, violet-blue, in densely pubescent pyramidal, terminal panicles, up to 25 cm long. Fruit a drupe, 5 mm across, globose, depressed at the top, black or dark purple when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Gazipur and Tangail. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Resin of the plant is burnt with Datura seeds to produce lethargy in Malaya. The bark extract of this plant is taken by Chakmas orally three times a day as a remedy for jaundice. |
| Habit : | Tree |