Garcinia XANTHOCHYMUS Hook. f.
| Synonym : | Garcinia pictoria (Roxb.) Engl. Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) W.Wight Xanthochymus pictorius Roxb. Xanthochymus tinctorius DC. |
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| Bangla Name : | Dephal, Dambel, Tamal.,Dem-gola (Chakma), Aruak (Garo). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Clusiaceae |
| Disease : | Anthelmintic,cardiotonic,tonic,alexipharmic and biliousness. |
| Description : | A medium-sized, glabrous, deciduous tree with narrow crown. Leaves coriaceous, 20-45 cm long, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, shining. Flowers white, 19 mm diam., in fascicles of 4-8 from the axils of fallen leaves. Fruit as large as a middle-sized apple, smooth, very short-pointed at the apex, deep yellow when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Xanthochymol, isoxanthochymol, cambogin, volkensiflavone, morelloflavone, biflavones GB-1 and GB-1a, maclurin, 1,5-dihydroxyxanthone and 1,7-dihydroxyxanthone have been isolated from fruits (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | Fruits are anthelmintic and cardiotonic, improves appetite. Ripe fruit is tonic, invigorating and alexipharmac, good in heart trouble and biliousness. A sherbat made with “Amsul” (sun-dried slices of the fruit), with a little rock-salt, pepper, cumin, gin |
| Habit : | Tree. |