Amoora CUCULATA Roxb.
| Synonym : | - |
|---|---|
| Bangla Name : | Amoor, Latmi. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Meliaceae |
| Disease : | Inflammation. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized evergreen, tree with numerous root suckers into the mud. Leaves imparipinnate, 16- 40.5 cm long, leaflets 3-13, obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse. Male flowers very small in axillary lepidote panicles about equaling the leaves. Female or bisexual flowers little larger, in few-flowered supra axillary racemes about 5 cm long. Fruit depressed globose, 5.2 cm diam. |
| Distribution : | Occur in the tidal forests of Sundarbans, Teknaf and other coastal areas. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The leaves are bruished and applied to reduce inflammation |
| Habit : | Small tree |