Terminalia BILLIRICA (Gaertn.)Roxb.
| Synonym : | Myrobalanus laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze Terminalia bellirica var. laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) C.B. Clarke |
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| Bangla Name : | Bahera, Boira. ,Sacheng (Mogh), Bora-gach (Chakma), Bol-suiri (Garo), Ka Sing Ba, Cha Ching Ti, Soi Sing Si (Marma), Boya gula (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Myrobalan Belaric |
| Family : | Combretaceae |
| Disease : | Hepatitis, bronchitis, asthma, dyspepsia, piles, diarrhoea, coughs, hoarseness of voice, eye diseases, scorpion-sting,dysenteric-diarrhoea, dropsy,piles, leprosy,rheumatism. |
| Description : | A large deciduous tree, 10-20 m high, with tall trunk and long horizontal branches. Leaves 10-20 cm long, alternate, clustered at the end of branchlets, obovate or broadly elliptic, acute or acuminate, base narrowed. Flowers greenish-yellow, small in simple axillary spikes, shorter than the leaves. Fruit a drupe about 2.5 cm long, globose or narrowed at the base, silky-brownish-velvety. |
| Distribution : | : Forests of Gazipur, Sherpur, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Tangail and planted elsewhere. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Fruits contain tannins, which is composed of gallotannic and ellagitannic acids, phyllemblin, ?-sitosterol, mannitol, sugars, hydrocarbons, tirtriacontanone, tetratriacontane, a hexahydroxy diphenic acid ester, ditriacontanol, resins and a greenish yellow |
| Uses : | Fruits are laxative, astringent, anthelmintic and antipyretic, useful in hepatitis, bronchitis, asthma, dyspepsia, piles, diarrhoea, coughs, hoarseness of voice, eye diseases and scorpion-sting, used as a hair tonic. Decoction of the green fruit is used f |
| Habit : | Tree |