Bridelia RETUSA (L.) Spreng.
| Synonym : | Bridelia chineensis Thin Bridelia fruticosa Pers. Clutia retusa L. Clutia squamosa Lam. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kantakoi, Kantakhosi, Kumkoi (Chittagong.), Heza (Mymensingh- Dhaka). ,Khasi (Garo), Konku, Kongkoi (Tanchangya), Fai-mong (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Disease: Lumbago, hemiplegia and rheumatism. |
| Description : | A medium-sized to large deciduous tree with stout conical spines when young. Leaves 7.6-12.7 cm, coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, ovate or obovate, acute, obtuse or rounded at apex. Flowers small, dioecious, greenish yellow, in axillary or spicate clusters. Fruits a fleshy drupe, size of a pea, purple-black. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dhaka. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The plant is pungent, bitter, heating, useful in lumbago and hemiplegia. The bark is good for the removal of urinary concretions. It is also used as a liniment with gigelly oil in rheumatism. |
| Habit : | Tree |