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| Bangla Name : | Tut. |
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| English Name : | Malberry. |
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| Family : | Moraceae |
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| Disease : | Cooling, laxative, allay thirst, fever, vermifuge, purgative, anthelmintic and astringent. |
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| Description : | A small deciduous tree. Leaves 5-12.5 cm long, ovate or broadly ovate, caudate, sharply serrate, often deeply lobed. Flowers with young leaves, male spikes rather lax-flowered, broadly cylindric or ovoid, 1.3-3.8 cm long, hairy all over, female spikes short-ovoid about half as long. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, red, then black. |
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| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout the country, mainly for silkworm culture. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain flavonoids, anthocyanins and artocapin and salts of citric and malic acids. Fruits are rich in vitamins A, B1, B2 and C and minerals. Stems and bark contain pectin and sugars (Ghani, 2003). Mulberrin, mulberrochromene, cyclomulberrin, cyclo |
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| Uses : | Decoction of the leaves is used as gargle in inflammation and thickening of the vocal cords. Fruits are cooling and laxative, allay thirst, useful in fevers and burning sensations. The bark is supposed to be vermifuge and purgative. Roots are considered a |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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