Pithecellobium DULCE (Roxb.) Benth.
| Synonym : | Inga dulcis (Roxb.) Willd. Albizia dulcis (Roxb.) F.Muell. Inga javanica DC. Mimosa pungens (Willd.) Poir. Pithecellobium littorale Record |
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| Bangla Name : | Dekhani Babul, Dharsundar, Bilati Tetul, Khoi Babla, Khoi (Satkhira), Jilapi (Rajshahi). |
| English Name : | Quamochil, Madras-thorn, Manila Tamarind. |
| Family : | Mimosaceae |
| Disease : | Febrifuge, edema and arthritis. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized evergreen tree, armed with straight stipular thorns. Leaves bipinnate, each pinna with a pair of leaflets, leaflets oblique, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 2.5-5 cm long, subsessile. Flowers small, whitish, in small globular heads, 1 cm diam., solitary or fascicled in axils of bracts. Pod much twisted, 10-20 cm long, fleshy, turgid, reddish when mature. |
| Distribution : | Khulna, Satkhira and planted elsewhere in the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | A saponin, mp. 175°, a sapogenin – pithogenin, a sterol glucoside B, and a flavone have been isolated from seeds. Hexacosanol, sterol glucoside A, praline, leucine, valine, asparagines and glucose have been isolated from the mesocarp of the fruit. ?-spina |
| Uses : | The bark is used as a febrifuge and decoction of it is given as an enema. Saponins showed significant activity against carrageenin-induced oedema and formaldehyde-induced arthritis (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). Ethanolic extract of the leaf possesses stro |
| Habit : | Tree |