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| Bangla Name : | Datranga, Lutki, Bantezpata, Phutki, Khamtak (Rema-Kalenga). ,Koyi ing saw (Marma). |
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| English Name : | Indian Rhododendron. |
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| Family : | Melasomaceae |
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| Disease : | Diarrhoea, dysentery, leucorrhoea, diarrhea, catrrhal pharyngitis, aphthae, scabies and ulcers. |
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| Description : | A much-branched bushy shrub. Leaves 5-11.5 cm long, ovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acute, strigose above with appressed thick hairs. Flowers in terminal corymbose, 1-5 flowered panicles, petals 2-2.5 cm long, purplish-pink, obovate, rounded. Fruit 1.3 cm long, broad ovoid, truncate. |
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| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet, Sal forests, in forest skirt. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | - |
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| Uses : | The leaves are used in diarrhoea and dysentery. Leaves and flower tops are given as an astringent in leucorrhoea and chronic diarrhoea. Decoction of the bark is given as a gargle in catrrhal pharyngitis and aphthae and as a lotion for scabies and ulcers.E |
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| Habit : | Shrub |
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