Entada rheedii Spreng.
| Synonym : | Acacia scandens Auct. Non Willd. Adenanthera gogo Blanco Entada pursaetha DC. Mimosa entada L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Gilagach, Gilla. , Gilanoi (Marma). |
| English Name : | Giant’s Rattle, Lady Nut, Mackay Bean |
| Family : | Mimosaceae |
| Disease : | Emetic, febrifuge, alexiteric, narcotic, antiperiodic, anthelmintic, pains, purgative, febrifuge, astringent, pain and diarrhoea. |
| Description : | A large woody climber, with much twisted stem. Leaves bipinnate, pinnae 2-3 pairs, leaflets 3.8-7.5 cm, oblong or obovate-oblong, rigidly coriaceous. Flowers in panicled or simple spikes, 15-25 cm long, axillary or from the nodes of old leafless branches. Flowers small, corolla 2.5-3 mm long, yellow. Pods 30-90 cm long, slightly curved, woody, indented between the seeds. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark and seeds contain significant amounts of saponins including an anti-tumour saponin, entanin, which on hydrolysis yields entagenic acid. Seeds also contain a fixed oil, proteins, albumins and globulins, essential amino acids, fatty acids such as oleic |
| Uses : | Seeds are emetic, febrifuge, alexiteric, narcotic, antiperiodic and anthelmintic, used in pains of the loins and joints, in debility and in glandular swellings, also as a remedy in cerebral hemorrhage. Roasted seeds are purgative. The plant is used as a f |
| Habit : | Climber |