Uvaria HAMILTONII Hook. f. & Thom.
| Synonym : | - |
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| Bangla Name : | Latkan, Taipak (Tripura). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Annonaceae |
| Disease : | diarrhoea |
| Description : | A large woody scandent shrub. Leaves 10-20 cm long, elliptic-oblong or obovate, acute or acuminate. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2-3 together, reddish, 2.3 cm diam. Capsules 9-18 mm long and about 8 mm diam., numerous, scarlet, slightly torulose, on slender stalks. |
| Distribution : | Rare in the forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Fresh bark extract is given to drink for 3-4 times in diarrhoea by Tripuras. |
| Habit : | Shrub |