Derris INDICA (Lamk.) Bennet.
| Synonym : | Pongamia pinnata(L.) Pierre. Pongamia glabra Vent. |
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| Bangla Name : | Dahur Karanja, Karanija, Dahur, Kanji, Pitagola, Koja,Karach (Sylhet), Karanja (Sunderban), Keron, Kerong (Chittagong). |
| English Name : | Indian Beech, Poonga oil plant. |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Ulcers, worms, pains, whitlow, bronchitis, cough, leprous sores, skin diseases, rheumatism, scabies, herpes, leucoderma, cutaneous diseases, piles and fever. |
| Description : | A small-sized evergreen or semi-deciduous tree with spreading crown. Leaves imparipinnate, 15-25 cm long, leaflets ovate or elliptic, 5-10 cm long, terminal one largest. Flowers purplish or pinkish white in 7-15 cm long peduncled axillary racemes. Fruit a flattened, woody pod, 4-5 cm long, oblique, elliptically oblong with a beak. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Sundarbans, usually growing by the side of rivers, canals, streams and ditches. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain furanoflavone-3?-methoxypongapin in addition to karanjin, kanjone and its two isomers 7-methoxyfurano-(4??, 5??,6,5)- flavone and 8-methoxyfurano-(4??,5??-6,7)-flavone. Bark contains a hydroxychalcone, pongapinone A, which is useful for tre |
| Uses : | A poultice of the leaves is applied to ulcers infested with worms. A decoction of the leaves is used for medicated baths and fomentation in cases of rheumatic pains, paste is useful in whitlow. Seeds possess hypotensive properties and produces uterine con |
| Habit : | Tree |