| Synonym : | Stephegyne parvifolia Korth.
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| Bangla Name : | Phulkadam, Gulikadam, Phutikadam (Mymensingh), Dakrom, Dakroom, Rangkat (Chittagong), Bhuti-awal (Sylhet). ,Punka (Marma), Pannka gaith (Tanchangya). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Rubiaceae |
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| Disease : | Fever, colic and muscular pains. |
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| Description : | A small or medium deciduous tree. Leaves variable in size and shape, 5-12.5 cm long, elliptic, suborbicular or obovate, rounded, acute or bluntly acuminate. Flowers greenish yellow in globose, pedunculate heads of about 2.5 cm diam. |
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| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet and Tangail. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Alkaloids-rotundifoline, isorotundifoline, rhynchophylline, isorhynchophylline, pteropodine, isopteropodine, hirsutine, dihydrocorynantheine, akuammigine and demethoxyisohortiamine have been isolated from leaves (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1990). Tetrahydroalsto |
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| Uses : | Bark and root are used in fever and colic. Paste of the bark is applied for muscular pains. |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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