Flacourtia JANGOMAS (Lour.) Raeus.
| Synonym : | Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb. ex Willd. Stigmarota jangomas Lour. |
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| Bangla Name : | Paniala, Paniamala, Lukluki, Tokroi (Sylhet), Painnagola (Chittagong). |
| English Name : | Many spiked Flacortia. |
| Family : | Flacourtiaceae |
| Disease : | Stomachic,digestive, allay thirst,biliousness,fevers, nausea,diaphoretic, astringent , stomachic, diarrhoea, piles,bleeding gums, toothache and stomatitis. |
| Description : | A small deciduous tree often armed with stout, compound thorns on the main trunk and branches with simple spines. Leaves 5-10 cm long, oblong or ovate, acuminate, crenate-serrate, glabrous. Flowers small, in glabrous few-flowered racemes, 7.5-25 mm long. Fruits 18-23 mm long, obovoid, brownish purple when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox,s Bazar and Sylhet. Also found in village shrubberies. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark principally contains tannins. Leaves and young shoots are also rich in tannins. Fruits contain soluble carbohydrates, fats (containing palmitic, hexadecadienolic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids), minerals, ascorbic and tartaric acids, proteins, am |
| Uses : | Fruits are stomachic and digestive, allay thirst, useful in biliousness and fevers and relieves nausea. Leaves are diaphoretic, astringent and stomachic, good in diarrhoea, piles, weakness of limbs, bleeding gums, toothache and stomatitis, checks purging. |
| Habit : | Small tree |