Artabotrys SUAVEOLENS Blume.
| Synonym : | Unona suaveolens Blume. Artabotrys suaveolens var. parviflorus (Miq.) Miq. Artabotrys monogynus Merr. Unona corniculata Blanco Artabotrys parviflorus Miq. Unona suaveolens Blume |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Annonaceae |
| Disease : | Cholera. |
| Description : | A large woody climber, stem black. Leaves 7.6-12.7 cm long, thinly coriaceous, dark shining green, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate. Flowers about 1.25 cm long, white-creamy, fascicled, 5-15 in a pedicel, odorous, limb of petals cylindric or subclavate. Fruits ellipsoid, obtuse, few in a bunch. |
| Distribution : | In evergreen forests of Chittagong and Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Root and stem bark contain 2 crystalline alkaloids artabotrine and suaveoline, artabotrine toxic to guinea-pigs. A third alkaloid artabotrinine and an amorphous base isolated (Chopra et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | The decoction of leaves is useful in cholera. |
| Habit : | Climber |