Dalbergia LATIFOLIA Roxb.
| Synonym : | Amerimnon latifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze Dalbergia emarginata Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Sit sal. |
| English Name : | Indian Rosewood, Bombay Blackwood. |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, stomachic, stimulant, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, leprosy, obesity and worms. |
| Description : | A large tree reaching 24 m high, branches numerous, spreading. Leaves imparipinnate, 10-15 cm long, leaflets 5-7, firm, 3.2-6.3 cm long, nearly as broad as long, broadly ovate or suborbicular. Flowers small, greenish or yellowish-white in axillary or extra-axillary, lax, divaricate panicles usually shorter than the leaves. Pods 3.8-7.5 cm long, strap-shaped. |
| Distribution : | Sylhet, Sal forests of Dhaka-Tangail and North Bengal. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark contains hentriacontane, ?-sitosterols, sucrose, tannins, triacontane, dalbergichromene, lupeol, acetyloleanolic acid, ?-sitosterol, (R)-latifolin, (R)-4-methoxydalbergione, methyldalbergin and dalbergin. Heartwood contains (R)-dalbergione, 2,4,6-tri |
| Uses : | Plant is bitter tonic, stomachic, stimulant, used in dyspepsia, diarrhoea, leprosy, obesity and worms. EtOH(50%) extract of bark is spasmogenic and anthelmintic against Ascaridia galli (Asolkar et al.,1992). |
| Habit : | Tree |