Mallotus polycarpus (Benth.) Kulju & Welzen.
| Synonym : | Trewia nudiflora L. Trewia polycarpa Benth. Trewia nudiflora var. polycarpa (Benth.) Susila & N.P.Balakr |
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| Bangla Name : | Latim, Lattu, Medda, Bhatam, Pitali, Panigambhar, Meragota, Mera, Gotagamar (Sylhet), Bol-diktak, Bolno-khap (Garo), Hruprukban (Mogh), Chagalla-dibhangor (Chakma), Rin Moro (Marma), Pitagola (CHT). |
| English Name : | False White Teak. |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Bile,phlegm,rheumatism,gout,flatulence,swellings. |
| Description : | : A medium-sized, dioecious, deciduous tree. Leaves opposite, 15-23 cm long, ovate, cordate, acuminate, entire. Flowers dioecious, petals 0, Male flowers yellow, 7.5 mm across, in long pendulous racemes, 10-20 cm long, female flowers green, solitary or 2-3 together in common axillary peduncles about 2.5 cm long. Fruit a berry, 2.5-4.0 cm across, depressed-globose. |
| Distribution : | In most of the districts on river, stream and canal bank. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark contains a pentacyclic triterpene ketone, tetraxerone, ?-sitosterol and nudiflorine (Rastogi & Mehrotra 1990). |
| Uses : | Plant is used for the removal of bile and phlegm. Leaves and its decoction are applied to swellings and in healing of wounds and injuries. Bark is used for the treatment of enlarged thyroid. Decoction of the root is stomachic and alterative, used in flatu |
| Habit : | Tree |