Clausena EXCAVATA Burm. f.
| Synonym : | Amyris punctata Roxb. Clausena javensis J.f.Gmel. Cookia anisodora Blanco Gallesioa graveolens M.Roem. Lawsonia falcata Lour. |
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| Bangla Name : | Dhulia doricha (Bangla), Pan-karpur (Bangla),,Dhuliamaricha(chakma), Moricha gola (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rutaceae |
| Disease : | Diuretic, digestive, tonic, astringent, colic, pain and fever. |
| Description : | A shrub or small tree. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 7-15 pairs with an odd one, lanceolate oblong-lanceolate, oblique, acuminate, 3.4-7.5 cm long. Flowers small, greenish yellow, in terminal panicles, shorter than the leaves. Berries ovoid or oblong, the size of a pea. |
| Distribution : | Occur in the forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Stem bark and roots of the plant contain carbazole alkaloids, clausines B, E, H, I and K and others, the coumarins clausenin, clausenidin, clausmarin A and the new terpenoid coumarins, lunamarins A and B and other coumarins have been isolated from this p |
| Uses : | The plant is diuretic and digestive. The stem is considered tonic and astringent, infusion is given in colic. Sap of leaves rubbed on all kinds of mascular pain. Root decoction is given in malarial fever. |
| Habit : | Shrub |