Dodonaea VISCOSA (L.) Jacq.
| Synonym : | Dodonaea angustifolia L. Dodonaea latifolia Salisb. Dodonaea pallida Miq. Dodonaea spatulata SM. Ptelea viscosa L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Paniaphul, Aliar. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Sapindaceae |
| Disease : | Rheumatism, burns, scalds and sudorific. |
| Description : | A shrub, rarely a small tree. Leaves subsessile, simple, 3.8-10 cm long, oblanceolate, subacute or shortly apiculate, glabrous. Flowers greenish yellow, small, in short, few-flowered, axillary, spreading cymes. Capsules membranous, compressed, 1.2-2 cm long and slightly broader, with a wide marginal wing. |
| Distribution : | Sylhet and Dinajpur. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain hautriwaic acid. Leaves and pods, 3-O-rutinosides of isorhamnetin and quercetin & 3-O-galactoside of later. Bark possess a new isomer of 5, 7, 3?, 4?-tetra-OH-flavan, shikimic and chlorogenic acids and glucose. Yellow flowers contain 2 kaem |
| Uses : | Leaves are stimulant and febrifuge, used in rheumatism. Powdered leaves are used in burns and scalds, applied over wounds to heal. Infusion of the leaves is used as a sudorific. The wood in decoction is an astringent bath or fomentation. Aquous and alc |
| Habit : | Shrub |