Leea INDICA (Burm. f.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Leea sambucina Willd. Aquilicia otillis Gaertn. Leea divaricata T. & B. Leea viridiflora Planch. Staphylea indica Burm. f. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kukur jiwa, Achila gach, Arengi.,Kra, Kre, Si Sa Kalo (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Leeaceae |
| Disease : | Bubo and boils. |
| Description : | A rigid shrub, 1.2-3 m high, branches many from base, shraight. Leaves 38-50 cm long, 2- rarely 3-pinnate, leaflets 7.5-20 cm long, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, coarsely and irregularly serrate. Flowers small, white, in large, branched, corymbose cymes. Berry 6-8 mm, depressed globose, lobed, purple-black. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet and village groves. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Marma of Chittagong Hill Tracts prescribe combined root paste of this plant along with the root of Oreocnide integrifolia and Cissus repens in bubo and boils. |
| Habit : | Shrub |