Flacourtia INDICA (Burm.f.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Flacourtia ramonchi L’ Heritt. Flacourtia elliptica (Tul.) Warb. Flacourtia heterophylla Turcz. Flacourtia sapida Roxb. Gmelina indica Burm.f. |
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| Bangla Name : | Boichi, Benchi, Binja, Katai. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Flacourtiaceae |
| Disease : | Appetizing, digestive, stomachic,diuretic, jaundice , enlarged spleen.,astringent, diuretic, eczema and cholera. |
| Description : | A rambling shrub or small deciduous tree, armed with axillary thorns and often with tufts of branched thorns on the stem. Leaves variable, 2.9 cm long, ovate, broadly elliptic, obovate or suborbicular, crenate or serrate. Flowers greenish-yellow, dioecious, in short simple or branched racemes. Fruit globose, 8-12 mm diam., dark brown or dark purple when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Western part of the country |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The fruits are appetizing, digestive, stomachic and diuretic, given in jaundice and enlarged spleen. The bark is astringent and diuretic, applied to eczema. The root is prescribed in nephritic colic. The gum is given along with other ingredients for chole |
| Habit : | Small tree |