Ixora NIGRICANS R. Br. ex Wight & Arn.
| Synonym : | Ixora affinis Wall. ex Craib Ixora arguta (Hook.f.) King & Gamble Ixora erubescens Wall. ex G.Don Pavetta erubescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Miq. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kuthi rangan (B),Ch), Rongma (Marma),,Dikranga chuillya (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Diarrhoea and dysentery. |
| Description : | A large shrub or small evergreen tree. Leaves 10-15 cm long, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate or obovate obtusely and acutely acuminate. Flowers white, small, few or numerous in sessile or peduncled brachiate cymes, broader than long. Fruit globose or didymous, size of a pea. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The root extract is taken frequently by Chakmas for the treatment of diarrhoea. Tanchangyas use leaf extract for the treatment of dysentery. |
| Habit : | Small tree |