Ixora pavetta Andr.
| Synonym : | Ixora arborea Roxb. ex Sm. Ixora decipiens DC. |
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| Bangla Name : | Shet Rangan, Gandhal Rangan. |
| English Name : | Torch Tree, Torch-wood lxora. |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Anaemia and whooping cough. |
| Description : | A small much-branched evergreen tree or shrub. Leaves opposite, subsessile, 7-15 cm long, coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, obtuse or shortly acuminate. Flowers white, small, very numerous, in subglobose clusters, in sessile cymes, brachiate with 3-5 pairs of short branches. |
| Distribution : | In evergreen forests of Sylhet, Chittagong, Sundarbans and Sal forests. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contains ixoral and ?-sitosterol (Asolkar et al., 1992). Bark contains fatty matter, tannin and red colouring matter. Seeds yield an oil, which contains linoleic, oleic, stearic and palmitic acids as major components and myristic, lauric, capric an |
| Uses : | Decoction of the bark is used for anaemia and general debility. Flowers are used in whooping cough. Fruits and roots are given to females when the urine is high coloured. EtOH(50%) extract of aerial parts is antiviral, hypotensive and spasmolytic (Asol |
| Habit : | Shrub |