Ardisia SOLANACEA (Poir.) Roxb.


Synonym : -
Bangla Name : Ban Jam. ,So Kra Pong (Marma).
English Name : -
Family : Myrsinaceae
Disease : Stimulant, carminative, febrifuge, diarrhoea and rheumatism.
Description : A small shrub. Leaves large, 16 cm long, obovate-oblong or elliptic, shortly acuminate or subobtuse, much tapering to base, coriaceous. Umbels simple, sometimes compound, axillary, patent or suberect, pedicels stout, 2.5-5 cm long, flowers pink, on stout, rather long, curved pedicels, Berry 6-8 mm across, globose, bright scarlet.
Distribution : Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet, Dhaka, Tangail, Dinajpur, Sherpur, Bagerhat, Khulna, Kurigram, in village thickets, scrub jungles and evergreen forests.
Chemical Constituents : Roots and stems contain bauerenol, leaves ontain bauerenol, ?- &?- amyrin (Asolkar et al., 1992). The leaves also contain hydrocarbons, fatty acid, triterpenoid alcohols and sterols. Bergenin is an important constituent of the plant. (Ghani, 2003). -
Uses : The plant posesses stimulant and carminative properties. Roots are febrifuge, used in diarrhoea and rheumatism. Root-bark boiled water is used to wash sores and paste of root bark is applied to heal sores.
Habit : Shrub