Pavetta INDICA L.
| Synonym : | Ixora indica (L.) Baill. Ixora roxburghii Kuntze Pavetta obtusa Pers. Pavetta thomsonii Bremek. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kukurchura, Falda, Bisophal. ,Si Sa Thang, Na raing (Marma). |
| English Name : | Indian Pellet Shrub. |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | aperient ,tonic, visceral obstructions, dropsy, pain and haemorrhoidal piles. |
| Description : | A stout bushy shrub 0.6-1.2 m high. Leaves 7.5-15 cm long, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes obovate-oblong, obtuse, acute or acuminate. Flowers white, odourous, in terminal sessile, corymbose, pubescent cymes. Fruit globose, black, 6-14 mm across. A stout bushy shrub 0.6-1.2 m high. Leaves 7.5-15 cm long, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes obovate-oblong, obtuse, acute or acuminate. Flowers white, odourous, in terminal sessile, corymbose, pubescent cymes. Fruit globose, black, 6-14 mm across. |
| Distribution : | Occur in the forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Stems contain a green resin, starch, an organic acid and a bitter glycoside resembling salicin. Root contains glucoside and is rich in D-mannitol. ?-Sitosterol, ?-amyrin, quercetin, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and three epi-ursolic acids have been isol |
| Uses : | Roots are aperient and tonic, frequently prescribed in visceral obstructions, along with ginger and rice water, useful in ascites and renal dropsy. Local fomentation with the leaves is useful in relieving the pain in haemorrhoidal piles. |
| Habit : | Shrub |