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| Bangla Name : | Ach, Achhu, Aich, Huldikunj, Hurdi, Rouch. ,Rimi Owa Rih (Marma). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Rubiaceae |
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| Disease : | Tonic, wounds , ulcers , healing, pain , fever , headache,emollient, sedative, cooling , stomachic, diarrhea,spongy gums, dysentery , asthma and laxative. |
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| Description : | A small tree. Leaves 12.5-20 cm long, broadly elliptic, acute, acuminate or obtuse. Flowers white, in dense ovoid heads, over 2.5 cm long, usually solitary, leaf-opposed, corolla infundibuliform, tube 1 cm long. Fruit almost the size of a small egg, white when ripe. |
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| Distribution : | North Bengal, cultivated. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Anthraquinones- nordamnacanthal, morindone, rubiadin, rubiadin-1-methyl ether and a pigment, (mp. 295°) have been isolated from roots. Acacetin -7-O-?-D-glucopyranoside and 5,7-di-O-methylapigenin-4´-O-?-D-galacto-pyranoside have been isolated from flower |
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| Uses : | Leaves are tonic, applied to wounds and ulcers for healing. Leaf juice when applied externally relieves pain of gout. The boiled leaves are applied externally in fever and headache. Infusion of the leaves is considered emollient, sedative, cooling and sto |
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| Habit : | Small tree |
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