| Synonym : | Taraktogenos kurzii king
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| Bangla Name : | Chaulmugra, Chalmoogra, Dulmugri (Sylhet). ,Balgach (Chakma), Taun Paun (Mogh). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Flacourtiaceae |
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| Disease : | Leprosy,cancer and febrifuge. |
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| Description : | A medium-sized evergreen tree, 12-15 m high. Leaves thinly coriaceous, entire, 18-25 cm long, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. Flowers in axillary cymes, petals 8, in 2-rows, broadly ovate, ciliate. Fruit, size of an orange, towny-velvety. |
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| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar and Moulavi Bazar. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds yield a fixed oil, called chaulmoogra oil, which contains glycerides of cyclopentenyl fatty acids like hydnocarpic acid (48%), chaulmoogric acid (27%), gorlic acid (23%), oleic acid (12%) and palmitic acid (6%). Bark contains a large amount of tanni |
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| Uses : | : Seeds yield chaulmoogra oil, which is used in leprosy and other skin diseases. In China and Argentina the oil is used against cancer. Fruits are fish poison. The bark of the tree is said to be used as a febrifuge. |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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