Holarrhena PUBESCENCE (Buch.-Ham.) Wall.
| Synonym : | Chonemorpha pubescens (Wall.) G.Don Echites antidysentericus Roth Holarrhena antidysenterica (Roth) Wall. ex A.DC. Nerium sinense Hunter ex Ridl. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kurchi, Kuruj, Karach (Chittagong), Karas (Sylhet), Kutiswar (Dhaka), Indrajaw, Indrajab (Dinajpur). ,La to pang, Lata baong, Luk Tuk (Marma), Kuruk gach (Chakma), Kuruk (Tanchangya), Bol-dukhak-ki-bipang (Garo). |
| English Name : | Kurchi. |
| Family : | Apocynaceae |
| Disease : | Stomachic, astringent, febrifuge, anthelmintic,dysentery, diarrhoea, fevers, piles, leprosy,skin diseases, bronchitis, lumbago,boils, ulcers, anthelmintic, biliousness, diarrhoea , leucoderma, carminative, astringent, tonic and febrifuge. |
| Description : | : A small, deciduous tree. Leaves 10-20 cm long, from broadly ovate to elliptic, obtuse or obtusely acuminate. Flowers white, in terminal corymbose cymes, 7.5-15 cm diam., corolla tube 4-13 cm long, slightly inflated near the base, lobes about equalling the tube, oblong, rounded at the apex. Follicles 20-38 cm long, cylindric, often dotted with white spots. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Dhaka, Tamgail, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet and Dinajpur. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark is rich in steroidal alkaloids, which include conessine (principal), nor-conessine, conessinine, conimine, conessidine, kurchine, holarrhenine, holarrhine, holafrine, holarrhetine, conkurchine, kurchicine, etc. Bark also contains gum, resin, tannin, |
| Uses : | The bark is stomachic, astringent, febrifuge, anthelmintic, powerful antidysenteric and antidiarrhoeal, cures dysentery, diarrhoea, fevers, piles, leprosy and skin diseases. Leaves are used in chronic bronchitis, lumbago, urinary discharges, boils and ulc |
| Habit : | Tree |