Diospyros MALABARICA (Desr.) Kostel
| Synonym : | Diospyros biflora Blanco Diospyros citrifolia Wall. ex A.DC. Embryopteris gelatinifera G.Don Embryopteris glutinifolia Link. Embryopteris peregrina Gaertn. |
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| Bangla Name : | Gab, Deshi gab, Makur-kendi, Kala tendu.,Gab gaith (Tanchangya), Kar Pong (Murong). |
| English Name : | Gaub persimmon, River ebony. |
| Family : | Ebenaceae |
| Disease : | Wounds, ulcers, diarrhoea, sore throat, diarrhoea, dysentery, coughs, dyspnoea and fever. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized evergreen tree with short, much fluted, knotty and warty trunk and bushy crown. Leaves coriaceous, 10-28 cm long, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Male flowers in drooping cymes containing 2-7 flowers. Female flowers larger, 2.5 cm across, usually solitary, axillary, drooping. Fruit subglobose, yellow, 3.8-7.5 cm across. |
| Distribution : | Occur in village groves throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain triterpenes, betulin, ?-sitosterol, oleanolic acid and myricyl alcohol. Bark, flowers and fruits contain tannins. Bark also contains myricyl alcohol, triterpenes, betulinic acid and saponin. Fruit pulp contains alkanes, triterpenes, ?-sitos |
| Uses : | Fruits and stem bark is astringent. Ripe fruits are oleagenous, cures biliousness, stone in urinary tract. The unripe fruit is acrid, bitter and oleagenous, chewing of fruit cures blisters in mouth. The juice of the fruit is used as an application to woun |
| Habit : | Tree |