Leea asiatica (L.) Ridsdale.
| Synonym : | Leea crispa L. Leea herbacea Buch.-Ham. Leea pinnata Andrews Phytolacca asiatica L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Ban Chalita.,Kara Giri (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Leeaceae |
| Disease : | Guineaworm and wounds. |
| Description : | A rigid shrub, 1.3-2.5 m high, stem jointed, swollen above the joints, and together with the branches, peduncles, petioles, furnished with 6-8 short crisp wings. Leaves usually simply pinnate, leaflets oblong, parallel-sided, 10-18 cm long, acute, sharply serrate. Flowers small, greenish-white, in small terminal cymes. Berry 8 mm across, depressed globose, lobed, black. |
| Distribution : | Forest of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The tubers are used as a remedy for guineaworm. The leaves when bruised are applied to wounds. |
| Habit : | Shrub |