Ceriscoides campanulata (Roxb.) Tirveng
| Synonym : | Gardenia campanulata Roxb Gardenia blumeana DC. Genipa campanulata (Roxb.) Baill. |
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| Bangla Name : | Biolem (Sylhet). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Cathartic and anthelminitic. |
| Description : | A large shrub or small tree, 4.5-6 m high, with spinescent abortive branches. Leaves membranous, 3.8-7.5 cm long, elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate. Male flowers fascicled, under 1.3 cm diam., female, 7.5-13 mm, solitary, sessile, with very short lobes, both campanulate. Fruits 2-3.2 cm diam., ellipsoid or subglobose, obscurely 5-ridged. |
| Distribution : | In deciduous forests of Sylhet, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The fruits are used as a cathartic and anthelminitic. It is also fish poison and larvicidal. |
| Habit : | Tree. |