Spondias PINNATA (L.f.) Kurz.
| Synonym : | Mangifera pinnata L. f. Poupartia pinnata (L. f.) Blanco Spondias acuminata Roxb. Tetrastigma megalocarpum W.T. Wang |
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| Bangla Name : | Amra, Amna, Deshi-amra, Pial (Chittagong), Thoura (Mogh), Ambi-thong (Garo). |
| English Name : | Wild Mango, Hog-plum |
| Family : | Anacardiaceae |
| Disease : | Dysentery ,diarrhoea ,vomiting, muscular rheumatism ,gonorrhorea ,menstruation bilious , dyspepsia, bowels ,burning . |
| Description : | A medium-sized deciduous tree, 9-10.5 m high, with a pleasant smell. Leaves imparipinnate, crowded at the end of branchlets, 30-45 cm long, leaflets 9-13 pairs, elliptic-oblong, 5-25 cm long, acuminate, entire. Flowers polygamous, small, yellowish green, in spreading terminal panicles. Fruit a drupe, ovoid, greenish-yellow when ripe, 4-5 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Wild in the forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tract, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka-Tangail, Sylhet and Dinajpur. Also found in village shrubberies throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts have been found to contain 24-methylene cycloartenone, stigmast-4-en-3-one, ? -sitosterol, glycoside of ?-sitosterol and lignoceric acid. Fruits contain water-soluble polysaccharides, composed of mainly L-arabinose, D-galactose and galacturo |
| Uses : | The bark is astringent and refrigerant, infusion of the bark is given in dysentery, diarrhoea and to prevent vomiting. Paste of the bark is used as an embrocation for both articular and muscular rheumatism. Decoction of the bark is given in gonorrhorea. G |
| Habit : | Tree |