Elaeocarpus SPHAERICUS (Gaertn.) K. Schum.
| Synonym : | Elaeocarpus barnardii Burkill Elaeocarpus malabaricus Oken Ganitrus roxburghii Wight Ganitrus sphaerica Gaertn. |
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| Bangla Name : | Rudrakkha, Rudrakhia, Ludrai (Sylhet). ,Dubichi (Chakma), |
| English Name : | Bead Tree. |
| Family : | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Disease : | - |
| Description : | A tall evergreen tree, usually butressed at the base. Leaves 10-15 cm long, oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, obscurely and irregularly crenate-serrate or subentire. Racemes 5-7.5 cm long, from the old wood, flowers small, petals 8 mm long, oblong, laciniate about half way down, ciliolate. Drupes 1.3-2 cm diam., globose or somewhat obovoid, purple. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain different types of alkaloids including 7 isomeric form of elaeocarpiline, elaeocarpidine, dl-élaeocarpine, quercetin, gallic acid, ellagic acid, rudrakine etc. (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | Fruits are heating, useful in the diseases of the head and epileptic fits. EtOH(50%) extract of stem bark is hypoglycaemic. Aquous extract of fruits is hypotensive, sedative, anticonvulsant, spasmolytic, choleretic, bronchodialatory and cardiostimulant (A |
| Habit : | Tree |