| Synonym : | Amoora rohituka W. & A.
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| Bangla Name : | Pitraj, Tiktaraj, Royena, Ratam, Beri-rata, Baidraj (Sylhet). ,Okhyang, KKhia (Mogh). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Meliaceae |
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| Disease : | Astringent, liver, tumours, refrigerant, laxative, anthelmintic,ulcers, lessens muscular pain, rheumatism and spleen. |
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| Description : | A medium-sized, evergreen tree with a dense, spreading, crown. Leaves large, 30-90 cm long, imperipinnate, leaflets 9-15, more or less elliptic or ovate-acuminate, 7.5-22.5 cm long. Male flowers small, in solitary axillary spikes, much shorter than the leaves. Fruits globular, 2.5-3.8 cm diam., yellow when ripe. |
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| Distribution : | Allover Bangladesh in forest and village thickets. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit shell contains triterpenes, aphanamixin. Bark contains tetranortriterpene, aphanamixinin. Leaves contain diterpene, alcohol, aphanamixol and ?-sitosterol. Seeds yield a limonoid, rohitukin, polystachin and others, an alkaloid, a glycoside and a sapo |
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| Uses : | The bark is astringent, used in spleen and liver diseases, tumours and abdominal complaints. Seeds are refrigerant, laxative, anthelmintic, cures ulcers and lessens muscular pain. Seed oil is used as stimulating liniment in rheumatism. Fruits are used for |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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