Anthocephalus CHINENSIS (Lamk.) Rich. ex Walp.
| Synonym : | A . cadamba Miq A. indicus A. Rich. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kadam, Bulkadam. ,Mohu (Magh), Mi-bol (Garo), Rang Khi (Marma) |
| English Name : | Wild Cinchona. |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Febrifuge, tonic, antidiarrhoeal, astringent, bowels and cooling and analgesic |
| Description : | A large deciduous tree with horizontal branches, more or less whorled. Leaves 12.5-22.5 cm lomg, elliptic-oblong. Flowers small, yellow, in globose terminal head, 2.5-5 cm across with stout peduncles. Fruit a globose pseudocarp, 5-6 cm diam, yellow when ripe. |
| Distribution : | In almost all districts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain indole alkaloids- cadambine and 3 ?- dihydrocadambine, 3?-dihydrocadambine, cadamine, a glycosidal alkaloid, isodihydrocadambine, 3?-isodihydrocadambine, hentriacontanol and ?-sitosterol. Stem bark contains an astringent principle similar t |
| Uses : | The bark is febrifuge, tonic, antidiarrhoeal and astringent to the bowels. A decoction of the leaves is used as a gargle in case of aphthae and stomatitis. Fruit is cooling and analgesic. EtOH(50%) extract of the stem bark is anthelmintic and hypoglyca |
| Habit : | Tree |