| Synonym : | Saraca indica non L. sensu Baker
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| Bangla Name : | Asok. Asoka, Anganapriya. , Moma, Paillang moma, Pingal (Chakma), Prajok (Marma), Paying (Mogh). |
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| English Name : | Ashoka. |
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| Family : | Fabaceae |
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| Disease : | Astringent , uterine sedative, menorrhagia, uterus, haemorrhoids, dysentery, biliousness, dyspepsia, dysentery, colic, piles, ulcers , pimples, stomachache, tonic and diarrhoea. |
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| Description : | A small to medium-sized, evergreen tree with spreading branches. Leaves pinnately comopound, 15-25 cm long, leaflets 4-6 pairs, 10-20 cm long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Flowers numerous in dense axillary corymbs, yellow to red in color, petals 0. Pods black, 10-25 cm long, linear-oblong, compressed, tapering to both ends. |
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| Distribution : | Wild in Chittagong Hill Tracts, cultivated elsewhere in the country. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Bark contains haematoxylin, tannins, catechol, catechin, epicatechin, a crystalline galactoside, a ketosterol, a saponin, an organic calcium salt, an organic substance containing iron and a large number of minerals. It also contains a powerful oxytocic pr |
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| Uses : | Bark is strongly astringent and uterine sedative, used especially in menorrhagia, acts directly on the muscular fibres of the uterus. It is also useful in internal bleeding haemorrhoids, haemorrhagic dysentery, biliousness, dyspepsia, dysentery, colic, pi |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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