Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wild.
| Synonym : | Jonesia asoca Roxb. Jonesia confusa Hassk. Jonesia pinnata Willd. Saraca indica"sensu Bedd. non |
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| Bangla Name : | Ashok,Ashoka,Anganapriya,Changlengturpaug(Bawm), Moma gas(Chakma), Prajok(Marma), Paying(Mogh), Chak |
| English Name : | Ashoka tree |
| Family : | Caesalpiniaceae |
| Disease : | Fever, paralysis, headache, stomach pain, itch, blood dysentery, diarrhoea, hyper acidity, irregular |
| Description : | Erect, small, evergreen tree.Leaves up to 30 cm long, stipulate, stipules intrapetiolar.Leaflets 4-6 pairs, c. 10-20 cm long, oblong, lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers in dense corymbs, changing colour from yellow to orange and finally scarlet. Bracts and bracteoles coloured. Calyx situated at the top of tubular (c. 12-17 mm) hypanthium; sepals 4, oval, petaloid. Petals absent. Stamens 4-8, exserted. Ovary stipitate, style curved into a ring, nearly as long as the stamens. Pod 15-25 cm long, dehiscent with 4-8 seeds. |
| Distribution : | This species found throughout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | 24-methylcholest-5- 3n-3B-ol, -24-ethycholesta-5, 22-dien-3B-ol and 24- ethylcholest-5en-3B-ol isolated from bark; wax from bark contained n-alkanes; palmitic, steraric, linoleic and noIenic acid In fixed oil from flowers. ?-sitosterol, quercetin, kaempfe |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Fever, paralysis, headache, stomach pain, itch, blood dysentery, diarrhoea, hyper acidity, irregular menstruation, lipoma, menorrhagia, postpartum haemorrhage, stomach disorder. |
| Habit : | Tree |