Dillenia INDICA L.
| Synonym : | Dillenia elongata Miq. Dillenia indica f. elongata (Miq.) Miq. |
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| Bangla Name : | Chalta, Chalita. ,Ulugach, Dabrusi (Chakma), Kra Aning (Marma), Jhaipola (Tipra), Thabru, Dabru, Chauralei (Mogh). |
| English Name : | Elephant apple. |
| Family : | Dilleniaceae |
| Disease : | Diarrhoea, dysentery, fever and cough. |
| Description : | A medium-sized, semi deciduous tree, branches spreading. Leaves fascicled at the end of the branches, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 20-30 cm long, sharply serrate. Flowers white, large, up to 15 cm diam., solitary, towards the end of each branchlets. Fruit large, 7.5-10 cm diam., subglobose. |
| Distribution : | Wild in the forests, also planted in the villages throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Chief contents of the fleshy sepals are tannins, malic acid, arabinogalactan and glucose. They also contain an arabinogalactan, betulin, betulinic acid and flavonoids. Bark and wood contain flavonoids, betulin, betulinic acid, betulinaldehyde, lupeol, ?-s |
| Uses : | The fruits are tonic and laxative, used in diarrhoea, dysentery and burns in Khagrachari. The fruit juice is used as a cooling beverage in fevers and as an expectorant in cough mixture. The bark and leaves possesses astringent properties. Seed extract |
| Habit : | Tree |