Hopea ODORATA Roxb.
| Synonym : | Hopea vasta Wall. Hopea wightiana Miq. ex Dyer. |
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| Bangla Name : | Telsur, Teksol, Tersol. |
| English Name : | Rock Dammar. |
| Family : | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Disease : | Wounds and sores. |
| Description : | A large evergreen or semi-deciduous tree with tall, clear, cylindrical bole. Leaves 6-13 cm long, ovate-oblong to lanceolate-oblong, acute or obtusely acuminate. Flowers yellowish, small, fragrant, in axillary or terminal slender, lax, grey-tomentose panicles. Fruit-belly 3-6 mm, ovoid, apiculate, wings 3.5-6.5 cm, oblong, tapering at both ends. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, occasionally cultivated as an avenue tree. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark contains a fragrant copal like resin and ?-sitosterol and heartwood contains hopeaphenol (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | Resin of the trunk is a popular styptic and is used as an ointment for wounds and sores. Bark is astringent, used as a masticatory for gingivitis. |
| Habit : | Tree |