Leea AEQUATA L.
| Synonym : | Leea ancolona Miq. Leea hirsuta Blume ex Spreng. Leea hirta Roxb. ex Hornem. Leea hispida Gagnep. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kakjangha.,Sine Sa Apang (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Leeaceae |
| Disease : | Astringent, anthelmintic, vulnerary, antipyretic, alexiteric, bronchitis, skin disease, dyspepsia, fever, leprosy, itching and ulcers. |
| Description : | A shrub, 1.2-3 m high. Leaves 2-pinnate (the upper often simply pinnate or rarely simple), leaflets 7.5-18 cm long, oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate, irregularly serrate. Flowers white, in short, compact, pubescent cymes. Berry 6 mm diam., depressed-globose, lobed, black. |
| Distribution : | Forest of Chittagong and Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The stem is astringent. The root is astringent, anthelmintic, vulnerary, antipyretic and alexiteric, useful in bronchitis, anaesthesis of skin, dyspepsia, bilious fever, leprosy, itching and tuberculous ulcers. |
| Habit : | Shrub |