| Synonym : | Ochna squarrosa L.
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| Bangla Name : | Chapa (B), Konokchapa (B) ,Sheuri (Ctg.), Kimdabeng (Garo). |
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| English Name : | Golden Champak. |
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| Family : | Ochnaceae |
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| Disease : | Digestive, tonic and asthma. |
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| Description : | A small sub-deciduous tree. Leaves alternate, 6-12 cm long, obovate, elliptic, sharply serrate. Flowers fragrant, from the ends of short, lateral branches or scars of fallen leaves in corymbose racemes. Fruit of 3-6 drupes, 6 mm long, oblong-ovoid, black, surrounded by the persistent calyx. |
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| Distribution : | Occurs in the forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Mymensingh. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Ochnaflavone and two related biflavones I and II have been isolated from leaves (Rastogi and Mehrotra, 1993). |
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| Uses : | The bark is digestive and tonic. Boiled leaves are used as an emollient cataplasm. The root is used by the Santals as an antidote to snake-bite, decoction is given in menstrual complaints, consumption and asthma. |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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