| Synonym : | Mesua nagassarium(Burm. f.)Kosterm.
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| Bangla Name : | Nageswar,Nagkesar,Muralia,Nagchampa,Naksawi(Chakma),Ceylon-ironwood(Chak),Ksimdi(Garo), Seutump(Khas |
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| English Name : | Mesua,Indian rose chestnut ,Nagas tree,Ironwood. |
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| Family : | Clusiaceae |
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| Disease : | Fever, gastric tumor, stomachache, strangury, astringrent, stomachic, cough, bleeding piles, burning feet, dysentery, itch, rheumatism, sudorific. |
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| Description : | Trees are evergreen. Trunk upright, buttressed at base; crown conic. Bark dark gray-brown, thin, fissured, lamellate, exuding aromatic white resin when wounded. Leaves always pendulous; leaf blade reddish yellow when young, becoming dark green, base cuneate, apex acuminate or long acuminate to caudate. Flowers bisexual, solitary, axillary. Sepals (outer 2 slightly larger than inner 2) orbicular, convex, margin membranous and sometimes white ciliate. Petals white, obovate-cuneate. Stamens with filaments filiform,anthers golden-yellow, oblong. Ovary conic; stigma oblique. Fruit broadly ovoid or laterally depressed globose. Seeds 1-4, ± irregular in shape; coat brown, fragile. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Aug-Oct. |
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| Distribution : | : The species occurs in the forests of Chittagong,Chittagong hill tracts and Sylhet |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Mammeisin from seeds. Mesuagin from seed oil. Flowers contain essential oil, two bitter substances with bitter principle mesuol 1%. Antibiotic activity of mesuol, mesuone and kerneill and shell oils. |
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| Uses : | The plant is used in Fever, gastric tumor, stomachache, strangury, astringrent, stomachic, cough, bleeding piles, burning feet, dysentery, itch, rheumatism, sudorific. |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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