Mallotus PHILIPPINENSIS Muell-Arg.
| Synonym : | Aconceveibum trinerve Miq. Croton philippensis Lam. Echinus philippensis (Lam.) Baill. Rottlera philippensis (Lam.) Scheff. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kamila, Tung, Kamalaguli, Sindur, Raini (Dhaka-Mymensingh), Rohini, Punag (Chittagong), Rora (Dinajpur). ,Rora (Santal), Bol-thuthu (Garo), Salakjara, Kuruar gach (Chakma). |
| English Name : | Monkey Face Tree, Kamela. |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Purgative, anthelmintic, styptic, ringworms, bronchitis, stone in the bladder, scabies, skin diseases, ulcers , wounds and rheumatism. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized evergreen to semi-deciduous tree, branchlets, young leaves and inflorescence rusty tomentose. Leaves variable, 7.5-15 cm long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire or slightly toothed. Flowers dioecious, small, the males clustered in erect, long, terminal spikes, the females in short spikes. Capsules 8-13 mm diam., 3-lobed, brick-red. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar Sylhet, Dinajpur. Also occur in village groves of Rajshahi, Dhaka and Mymensingh,. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Fruits contain a brick-red powder, called kamala, the chief constituent of which is a resin composed of rottlerin and isorottlerin. Rottlerin yields methyl-phloroglucin on treatment with hot caustic alkali. Kamala also contains a yellow crystalline substa |
| Uses : | The glands and hairs on the fruit are purgative, anthelmintic and styptic, useful in ringworms, bronchitis, stone in the bladder, scabies and other skin diseases, heal ulcers and wounds. It is also used as an oral contraceptive. The seeds are ground to a |
| Habit : | Tree |