Dimocarpus LONGAN Lamk.
| Synonym : | Dimocarpus undulatus Wight Euphoria longana Lam. Euphoria microcarpa Radlk. Nephelium longan (Lour.) Hook. |
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| Bangla Name : | Ashphal. |
| English Name : | Burdock Soap nut, Dragon’s Eye, Eye ball Tree, Longan. |
| Family : | Sapindaceae |
| Disease : | Fever, dried arils, tonic and stimulant. |
| Description : | Small tree. Leaves pinnate, 7.5-45 cm long, leaflets 4-8, opposite or sub-alternate, 5-17 cm long, oblong or oblong-elliptic, obtusely acuminate, entire. Racemes simple or branched, shortly pubescent, flowers very small, calyx cup-shaped, 4-5-fid, petals 0. Fruit globose, echinate-muricate, seeds globose, included in a pulpy aril. |
| Distribution : | Planted occationally. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain epifriedelinol, ?-sitosterol, stigmasterol and its glucoside and 16-hentriacontanol (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | Fruits are stomachic and anthelmintic. Arils of the seeds are astringent, used in fever, dried arils are considered tonic and stimulant. |
| Habit : | Tree |