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| Bangla Name : | Bhela, Bela, Beula, Bhelatuki, Bhelama, Beda (Mymensingh). ,Velama (Garo). |
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| English Name : | Marking Nut Tree, Oriental Cashew. |
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| Family : | Anacardiaceae |
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| Disease : | Carminative, tonic, aphrodisiac ,stimulant, piles, escharotics, antiseptic, anthelmintic, rheumatism, sprains, leucoderma, leprosy , psoriasis, asthma, gonorrhoea, scrofulous, diarrhoea and menstruation. |
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| Description : | A small to medium-sized, deciduous Leaves 18-60 cm long, obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, coriaceous. Flowers small, greenish white, subsessile, fascicled in pubescent panicles which are equal to or shorter than the leaves. Drupes 2.5 cm long, obliquely ovoid or oblong, smooth and shining, black when ripe, seated on a fleshy receptacle. |
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| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet and Sal forests of Modhupur. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Bark yields an acrid viscid juice. Pericarp of fruit yields a black corrosive juice which contains a tarry oil consisting of an oxyacid, anacardic acid and an alcohol, cardol. It also contains phenolic substances, semecarpol, bhilawanol and catechol and a |
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| Uses : | Ripe fruits are regarded as carminative, tonic, aphrodisiac and stimulant, good for piles. Juice of the pericarp and the oil is powerful escharotics. Oil of the nut is a powerful antiseptic and anthelmintic, used externally in acute rheumatism, sprains, l |
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| Habit : | tree. |
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