Vitex PEDUNCULARIS Wall.
| Synonym : | Vitex alata Roxb. Vitex peduncularis var. roxburghiana C.B.Clarke Vitex peduncularis f. roxburghia |
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| Bangla Name : | Boruna, Goda, Horina (Chittagong), Awal (Sylhet). ,Krawru (Mogh), Ashmul gaas (Chakma), Salong, Kra- |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Verbenaceae |
| Disease : | Jaundice,menstrual bleeding,diabetes and malaria. |
| Description : | A medium-sized to large deciduous tree, 6-12 m high. Leaves 3-foliate, rarely 4, petiole up to 10 cm long, leaflets lanceolate or narrow elliptic, 5-15 cm long, entire, long acuminate, base cuneate. Flowers yellowish, in axillary many-flowered, panicled cymes, 15-20 cm long, long-peduncled. Fruit a drupe, globular, size of a black pepper, black when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Gazipur and Tangail. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Vitexin has been isolated from bark (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | Bark is used for making an external application for pains in the chest. Chakmas takes the bark extract orally at least three times a day for the cure of jaundice. Root juice is given to stop exessive menstrual bleeding. Leaves and barks are used for diabe |
| Habit : | Tree |