Schefflera hypoleuca (Kurz) Harms.


Synonym : Heptapleurum hypoleucum Kurz.
Bangla Name : Sheth scefler(B),Jharobbo hogoeya (Chakma.).
English Name : -
Family : Araliaceae
Disease : Diarrhoea.
Description : A small unarmed tree. Leaflets 10-20 cm long, polymorphous, oblong or ovate, acute, entire, serrulate or lobed or irregularly pinnatifid, with scattered lax, slellate, wooly hairs beneath, deciduous, leaving a glaucous surface. Panicles 30-38 cm long, lower branches often elongate with several umbels, stellatey woolly.
Distribution : Scanty in the forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : Both stem and leaf extract is taken frequently by the Chakmas for the cure of diarrhoea.
Habit : Tree