Clausena HEPTAPHYLLA (Roxb.) Wight.& Arn.
| Synonym : | Amyris anisata Roxb. ex Steud. Amyris heptaphylla Roxb. ex DC. Clausena heptaphylla var. engleri (Tanaka) Swingle Clausena macrophylla Hook.f. |
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| Bangla Name : | Panbahar(Bangla), Jonglakati (Bawn), Alkatra (Chakma), Saderruchi (Chakma), Raing Gang, Rowak Cu Ba (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rutaceae |
| Disease : | Dysentery. |
| Description : | A shrub, smelling strongly of aniseed. Leaves imparipinnate 15-40 cm long, leaflets 5-9, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, obscurely crenulate, 5- 12.7 cm long, sometimes more. Flowers small, greenish in terminal panicles. Berries ovoid or oblong, 12 mm long, pink when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Occur in the forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Stem bark contains alkaloids, heptazoline, heptazolidine and 2-methylanthraquinone. Root contains carbazole alkaloid, heptaphylline, and girinimbine, pyranocoumarins, clausenin, clausenidin, clausenolide, ?-sitosterol, murrayanine, coumarin, dentatin, 3-m |
| Uses : | Leaves are used for the treatment of dysentery and impotence in Khagrachari. |
| Habit : | Shrub |