Dipterocarpus GRACILIS Bl.
| Synonym : | Anisoptera palembanica Miq. Dipterocarpus angustialatus Heim Dipterocarpus hispidus Fern.-Vill. Dipterocarpus velutinus S.Vidal |
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| Bangla Name : | Duli-garjan, Sil-garjan, Arjan, Dhuli-garjan (Chittagong). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Disease : | Gonorrhoea. |
| Description : | A tall tree. Leaves 10-26 cm long, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or abruptly acuminate, coriaceous, upper surface adpressed hairy when young, lower surface pilose and tomentose. Flowers in axillary few flowered racemes, petals 2.5-4.0 cm long, stellate-tomentose without. Fruit-belly subglobose, wings 11-12.5 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Occurance is restricted in the forests of Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant contains sesquiterpene, ?-gurjunene, oleoresin, a mixture of tetra and pentacyclic sesquiterpenes (18%) containing caryophyllene, its oxide, humulene and triterpene fraction ( 80%) with dipterocarpol and several related compounds, asiatic acid and i |
| Uses : | Oleo-resin of the bark is used in gonorrhoea, gleet and similar affections of urinary organs. |
| Habit : | Tree |