Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Muell.-Arg.
| Synonym : | Croton philippensis Lam. Echinus philippensis (Lam.) Baill. Mappa stricta Rchb.f. & Zoll. Rottlera t |
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| Bangla Name : | Punag,Rohini(Chittagong),Kuruar gach(Chakma),Bol-thuthu(Garo),Nikhrow(Marma),Monoajaya(Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Monkey face tree |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Anthelmintic, purgative, ulcers, wounds, tumor, bronchitis, cholera, lipoma, lumbago, paralysis, par |
| Description : | Dioecious trees, bark thick, pale brown; branchlets, young leaves and inflorescence tawny or rusty pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateralbase acute or round, apex acuminate or acute, margin entire or sparsely serrate. Flowers unisexual, brick red, in rusty puberulous, terminal spicate panicles; male flowers: tepals 4, lanceolate, stamens many; female flowers: tepals 3 or 4, thicker than in males, ovate-lanceolate; ovary with red glands, superior,styles 3, papillose. Fruit a capsule, loculicidally 3 valved, densely red-glandular, pubescent; seeds 1-4, globose, glabrous, black. |
| Distribution : | Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts,Sylhet,Dinajpur,Rajshahi. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Rottlerin, isorottlerin, corotoxigenin and its rhamnoside, coroglaucigenin and its rhamnoside, from seeds. Resins, one of low m.p. and other of high m.p. plus wax. Kamal powder as oral contraceptive; the anti-fertility factor is rottlerin. Betulin-3-aceta |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Anthelmintic, purgative, ulcers, wounds, tumor, bronchitis, cholera, lipoma, lumbago, paralysis, paratyphoid, spermatorrhoea, styptic, ringworms, stone in the bladder, scabies, skin diseases, oral contraceptive, cuts, articular rheum |
| Habit : | Tree |