Macaranga peltata (Roxb.)Muell.-Arg.
| Synonym : | Macaranga roxburghii Wight Mappa peltata(Roxb.) Wight Osyris peltata Roxb. Tanarius peltatus(Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Pelta bura,Nainnabichi gaas(Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Boils, piles, gout, paralysis. |
| Description : | Dioecious tree; bark surface pale, greyish-brown mottled with white. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; stipules large, lateral, ovate-acuminate, reflexed, cauducous, base peltate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire,.Flowers unisexual, greenish-yellow; male flowers: in axillary, much branched, dense, tomentose, panicles, concealed in large bracts; bracteoles concave; tepals 3, minute, obovate, cuneate; stamens 2-8, free, shortly connate below, exserted; female flowers: in panicles simpler than in males, branches racemes with larger bracts; tepals 4, basally connate at base; ovary superior; style lateral; stigma sessile, often embracing one side of the ovary, thickly papillose. Frit a capsule, globose, hairy, glandular, black; seed one, black. |
| Distribution : | This species is found in the forest of Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Sitosterol from roots. |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Boils, piles, gout, paralysis. |
| Habit : | Tree |