Elaeocarpus FLORIBUNDUS Blume.
| Synonym : | Elaeocarpus seratus L. Elaeocarpus floribundus var. tahanensis (Hend.) NG Elaeocarpus lobbianus Turcz. Elaeocarpus pseudosepicanus O.C.Schmidt Elaeocarpus tahanensis m.R.Hend. |
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| Bangla Name : | Jalpai, Belphoi (Sylhet). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Disease : | Rheumatism, dysentery and diarrhoea. |
| Description : | Small tree. Leaves 5-11.5 cm, oblong or obovate, obtuse, acute or shortly acuminate, irregularly crenate. Flowers in drooping racemes, 5-7.5 cm long, in the axils of fallen leaves, petals 8 mm long, white, cuneate-obovate, laciniate half way down. Drupes 2.5-3.2 cm long, oblong, narrowed at the base, bluntly pointed at the apex. |
| Distribution : | Occur in the forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet, North Bengal. Also cultivated throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain vitamin C, myricetin, myricitrin, mearnsetin and ellagic acid. Fruits contain tannin and large amount of plant acids including citric acid (Ghani, 2003, Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | Leaves are used in rheumatism. Fruits are prescribed in dysentery and diarrhoea. Infusion of the bark and leaves are used as a mouth-wash for inflammed gums. |
| Habit : | Tree |