Synonym : | - |
Bangla Name : | Jungalya shak (Chakma, Tanchangya), Ma Cha Da (Marma), Kan Leng (Murang). |
English Name : | - |
Family : | Articaceae |
Disease : | Boils and blisters. |
Description : | A large shrub to small tree. Leaves 10-30.5 cm long, from ovate to linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acuminate, 3-nerved, pustulate above and densely white-tomentose beneath. Spikes in branched cymes, about equally to the petiole, flowers minute. |
Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet and Mymensingh. |
Chemical Constituents : | - |
Uses : | Chakma in Chittagong Hill Tracts use leaf paste for the treatment of boils and blisters on the lips. |
Habit : | Shrub |