Glochidion LANCEOLARIUM (Roxb.) Dalz.
| Synonym : | Glochidion macrophyllum Benth. Diasperus lanceolarius (Roxb.) Kuntze Glochisandra acuminata Wight Phyllanthus fraxinifolius Lodd. Glochisandra acuminata Wight |
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| Bangla Name : | Kechchua, Bhauri, Kakra, Anguti (Sylhet). ,Tsekaban (Mogh). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Depressant, antivirus, hypotensive and hypoglycaemic. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized, evergreen tree with spreading crown. Leaves 6.3-15 cm long, elliptic-lanceolate, acutely or obtusely acuminate. Flowers small, monoecious or dioecious, in axillary clusters, petals 0. Male flowers greenish yellow with capillary pedicels, female flowers few, sessile, deeper yellow than the male. Capsule 1 cm diam., turnip-shaped, 6-8 lobed, much depressed in the centre. |
| Distribution : | Sal forests of Sylhet, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark and roots contain triterpenes 3-epilupeol, glochidone and glochidiol (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | The bark is given medicinally when the stomach revolts against food. EtOH(50%) extract of aerial parts is CNS depressant, antivirus, hypotensive and hypoglycaemic (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | Small tree |