Litsea GLUTIONSA (Lour.) Rob.
| Synonym : | Camellia integrifolia Choisy Dodecadenia robusta Zoll. & Moritzi Litsea apetala (Roxb.) Pers. Sebifera glutinosa Lour. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kukurchita, Rattan, Garur, Karjiuki, Phulgach, Kugach, Maida lakri, Khuz Barela, Meda, Menda (Chittagong), Kharajora (Mymensingh), Phuhuri (Noakhali), Khagar (Dinajpur), Baslap, Menda (Rema-Kalenga). ,Paja (Santal). |
| English Name : | Common Tallow Laurel. |
| Family : | Lauraceae |
| Disease : | Demulcent, diarrhea, dysentery, rheumatism, antispasmodic, emollient, colic, impotence, Diarrhoea and dysentery. |
| Description : | A medium-sized, deciduous or semi-evergreen tree. Leaves 10-25 cm long, elliptic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, more or less grey-tomentose beneath. Flowers small yellowish, about 8-12 together in umbellate heads, 13-16 mm across, arranged in lax, pedunculate ,axillary corymbs. Fruit 7.5 mm, globose, black. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Gazipur, Madhupur and Dinajpur. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves and bark are rich in mucilage and contain an alkaloid, laurotetanine, which causes titanic spasm in animals. Leaves also contain amino acids, cystine, glycine, L-alanine, ?-alanine, valine, tyrosine, proline, phenylalanine and leucine. A new flavon |
| Uses : | The mucilaginous bark is largely employed as a demulcent and mild astrigent in diarrhoea and dysentery. Freshly ground bark used as an emollient application to bruises and as a styptic dressing for wounds. It is also considered aprodisiac. The oil from th |
| Habit : | Tree |