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| Bangla Name : | Ritha, Chhoto Ritha. |
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| English Name : | Soapnut Tree of North India. |
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| Family : | Sapindaceae |
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| Disease : | Expectorant , emetic, excessive salivation, epilepsy, chlorosis, insecticidal , dental caries, fever, cutaneous diseases. |
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| Description : | A small or medium sized deciduous tree, up to 15 m high. Leaves 23-50 cm long. Leaflets 5-8 pairs opposite or alternate, 9-18 cm long, lanceolate, acuminate, often slightly falcate or oblique. Flowers 5 mm diam., white or purple, subsessile, in large terminal, pubscent, pyramidal panicles. Friuit of 1-3 distinct, indehiscent carpels, 1.8-2.5 cm diam., smooth, globose. |
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| Distribution : | North Bengal, Sylhet and cultivated elsewhere in the country. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit pericarp contains a large quantity of a saponin, mucorosin, which makes lather with water, it also contains a skin-lightening and anti-inflammatory saponin, hederagenin, glucose and pectin. Seeds yield thick viscous oil (Ghani, 2003). Three saponins |
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| Uses : | Fruits are expectorant and emetic, used in the treatment of excessive salivation, epilepsy and chlorosis. Powdered seeds are insecticidal and are employed in the treatment of dental caries. Paste of the fruit is given internally in fever. The saponin of t |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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