Embelia RIBES Burm. f.
| Synonym : | Antidesma grossularia Raeusch. Ardisia tenuiflora Blume Calispermum scandens Lam. Embelia indica J.F.Gmel. Ribesiodes ribes (Burm. f.) Kuntze Samara ribes (Burm. f.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Kurz |
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| Bangla Name : | Biranga, Bhaibiranga,Longdhama shak (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Myrsinaceae |
| Disease : | Worms, influenza, cough, diarrhea and jaundice. |
| Description : | A large scandent shrub, branches long, slenders, flexible. Leaves coriaceous, 5-9 cm long, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, entire. Flowers small, in lax panicled racemes, which are terminal and from the upper axils, branches 7.5-10 cm long. Fruit globose, 3-4 mm diam., black when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Evergreen forests of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The chief active constituent of the fruits (berries) is a hydroquinone, embelin (2,5-dihydorxy-3-lauryl-p-benzoquinone), a dimmer of embelin, vilangin. They also contain embolic acid, volatile and fixed oils, colouring matter, tannin, resin and an alkaloi |
| Uses : | Fruit is a good appetizer, alterative, carminative, stomachic, anthelmintic, alexiteric, analgesic, purgative and tonic, useful in ascites, bronchitis, jaundice, hemicrania, dyspepsia and skin diseases. It is effective against intestinal worms specially t |
| Habit : | Shrub |