Dillenia PENTAGYNA Roxb.
| Synonym : | Colbertia augusta Wall. ex G.Don Dillenia augusta Roxb. Dillenia baillonii Pierre ex Laness. Dillenia minor (Zoll. & Moritzi) Gilg |
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| Bangla Name : | Ajugi, Ajuli (Dhaka-Mymensingh), Hargaza, Hargeza, Argeza Chittagong), Ekush (Sylhet). ,Chambruin, Zambrun (Mogh), Hara (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Dilleniaceae |
| Disease : | Tuberculosis, fistula, sores, carbuncle, neuralgia, pleurisy, pneumonia, diarrhea and dysentery. |
| Description : | A medium-sized deciduous tree with ascending branches and fluted stem. Leaves very large, oblanceolate, coriaceous, acute, strongly serrate, lateral veins very prominent. Flowers yellow about 4 cm across, appearing profusely in fascicles of 3-8 from leafless branches. Fruit globose, 0.5-2 cm across, very acidic. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka, Tangail and Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Stem contains ?-L-rhamnopyranosyl-3-OH-lup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid and a flavonone glycosides. Bark contains lupeol, betulin, betulinic and morolic acids (Asolkar et al.,1992). |
| Uses : | Plant is used in tuberculosis, fistula, sores, carbuncle, neuralgia, pleurisy and pneumonia. Barks and leaves are used for the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery in Rema-Kalenga. Bark is used for blood dysentery in Khagrachari. |
| Habit : | Tree |