Caesalpinia BONDUC (L.) Roxb.
| Synonym : | Bonduc minus Medik. Caesalpinia crista Thunb. Guilandina bonducella L. Guilandina gemina Lour. |
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| Bangla Name : | Nata, Nata karanja. ,Kang Boi (Marma). English name: Fever Nut, Physic Nut, Molucca Bean, Bonducella Nut, Nickar beam. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Caesalpiniaceae |
| Disease : | antiperiodic, antipyretic, antispasmodic, tonic, anthelmintic and febrifuge,colic, malaria, fever, hydrocele and skin diseases. |
| Description : | An extensive climber. Branches armed with hooked and straight hard yellow prickles. Leaves bipinnate, 30-60 cm long, petiols prickly. Flowers in dense long-peduncled terminal and supra axillary racemes, 15-25 cm long. Petals oblanceolate, yellow. Pods oblong, densely armed on the faces with wiry prickles. Seeds oblong, lead-coloured, 1.3 cm long. |
| Distribution : | and village thickets of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Tangail and North Bengal |
| Chemical Constituents : | ?-Caesalpin, ?-caesalpin, ?-caesalpin, ?-caesalpin and ?-caesalpin have been isolated from seeds (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1990). |
| Uses : | The seeds are antiperiodic, antipyretic, antispasmodic, tonic, anthelmintic and febrifuge, useful in colic, malaria, fever, hydrocele and skin diseases. Decoction of the seed is used in kidney troubles and blood pressure. It is also useful against consump |
| Habit : | Climber |