Litsea MONOPETALA (Roxb.) Pers.
| Synonym : | Litsea polyantha Juss. Tetranthera macrophylla Roxb. Tetranthera monopetala Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bara Kukurchita, Mendaphuri, Sukurja, Uruijja (Chittagong), Akorma, Akarma, Lalkhori (Dinajpur), Huoria (Sylhet), ,Bol-bet, Bol-bek (Garo), Bini Gaith (Tanchangya), Akorma, Akarma (Santal). |
| English Name : | Common Grey Mango Laurel. |
| Family : | Lauraceae |
| Disease : | Astringent, stomachic, stimulant, diarrhea, dysentery and pain. |
| Description : | Small or mediam sized evergreen tree. Leaves 7.5-23 cm long, elliptic-oblong, usually rounded at both ends, pubescent beneath. Flowers small, pale greenish yellow, sessile or subsessile, about 5-6 together in rounded umbellate heads, 1-1.3 cm across, solitary or clustered on dwarf side shoots. Fruit 10 mm long, ovoid, black. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet and Sal forests of Gazipur, Madhupur, Dinajpur. Also found in the villages throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | ?-sitosterol and actinodaphnine have been isolated from the bark of the plant (Rastogi and Mehrotra, 1990). |
| Uses : | The bark is mildly astringent, stomachic and stimulant, after being bruished, applied to contusions. Water extract of the bark is given with sugar to treat diarrhoea and dysentery. Powder of the bark is applied to body for pains arising from blows or bru |
| Habit : | Tree |