| Synonym : | Rottlera peltata Roxb.
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| Bangla Name : | Nim puteli, Nunia kachi, Chotabura, Noon kocho (Chittagong), Gulli (Sylhet). ,Bol-thathu (Garo), Ketaki (Chakma). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
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| Disease : | Bleeding through nose and mouth. |
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| Description : | A small evergreen tree, often shrubly, young shoots and leaves very wooly, Leaves peltate, orbicular, 10-20 cm in diam., acuminate, remotely glandular toothed, very wooly. Flowers in stout, erect, 15-30 cm long racemes. Fruit a capsule, deeply 3-lobed, young fruits prickly. |
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| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, usually growing in the out skirt of the forests. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | - |
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| Uses : | The roots of this plant and Amaranthus spinosus are crushed together and taken with water, to stop bleeding through nose and mouth. |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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