| Synonym : | Baeobotrys indica Roxb.
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| Bangla Name : | Ramjoni (B), Kura tethoi (Chakma),Sain Khuing Trang, Thah Mong Su (Marma). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Myrsinaceae |
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| Disease : | Boils, anthelmintic and syphilis. |
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| Description : | A much-branched medium shrub. Leaves 7.5-15 cm long, ovate or acuminate, regularly or irregularly serrate-dentate. Flowers very small, white, numerous, in compound, panicles, usually glabrous raceme. Berry globose, creamy white, about 3 mm diam. |
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| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Sitosterol and quercetin-3-rhamnoside have been isolated from the leaves (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
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| Uses : | Poultice of the leaf is used to eject pus from boils by the Marma in Chittagong Hill Tracts. Fruits are considered anthelmintic. The roots are given in syphilis. |
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| Habit : | Shrub |
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