Picrasma JAVANICA Bl.


Synonym : Picrasma nepalensis Benth.
Bangla Name : Nilghanta, Gach nirbis (Chakma).
English Name : -
Family : Simarubaceae
Disease : Febrifuge.
Description : A small to medium-sized, evergreen tree. All parts of the tree is bitter. Leaves imparipinnate, 20-23 cm long, leaflets 7, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 10-18 cm long, bluntly tailed, entire, silky-shining beneath. Flowers small, greenish-white, in axillary, corymbose, pubescent panicles, shorter than the leaves. Fruit a drupe of 1-4 druplets, raised on the flat and thick torus, white, smooth.
Distribution : Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar.
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : The bark of the plant is used as a febrifuge.
Habit : Tree