Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.) M.R.Almeida
| Synonym : | Buchanania lanzan Spreng. Buchanania latifolia Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Pial, Piyal, Piyar, Nala-amsi (Chittagong). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Anacardiaceae |
| Disease : | Laxative, binding, cooling, aphrodisiac, cures biliousness, fever, ulcers, diarrhea,tonic and cardiotonic. |
| Description : | A medium-sized to large evergreen tree, with straight trunk. Leaves 15-25 cm long, thickly coriaceous, broadly oblong. Flowers small, sessile, greenish white, in terminal and axillary pyramidal panicles. Drupes obliquely lentiform, 8-12 mm in the long diam., black. |
| Distribution : | Forest of Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark contains 13.4% tannin (Chopra et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | Fruits are laxative, binding, cooling and aphrodisiac, cures biliousness, fever, thirst and ulcers. Seeds are aphrodisiac, expectorant, astringent to bowels, stomachic, cardiac and brain tonic, cures biliousness and burning sensation of the body. Seed oil |
| Habit : | Tree |