Macaranga peltata (Roxb.)Muell.-Arg.


Synonym : Macaranga roxburghii Wight
Mappa peltata(Roxb.) Wight
Osyris peltata Roxb.
Tanarius peltatus(Roxb.
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