Callicarpa TOMENTOSA (L.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Callicarpa arboreaRoxb. Callicarpa lobata C.B.Clarke Callicarpa tomentosa var. lanata (L.) Bakh. Callicarpa villosa Vahl Tomex tomentosa L. |
|---|---|
| Bangla Name : | Makanchi, Kojo, Bormala (Chittagong), Khoja (Chittagong Hill Tracts), Dhalahuja (Sylhet). ,Jang gach, Banitak (Chakma), Turmong, Kraru (Mogh), Markunchi, Mashkhanchi (Garo),Tara-mah(Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Verbenaceae |
| Disease : | fever, malaria, menstruation, menorrhagia and diarrhoea. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized evergreen to semi-deciduous tree. Leaves and inflorescence densely covered with stellate hairs. Leaves coriaceous, 15-20 cm long, ovate to narrowly oblong, acute. Flowers small, pale purple in axillary cymes. Fruits a drupe, 2.5 mm diam. |
| Distribution : | Dry forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Dhaka, Mymensingh and North Bengal. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain ?-sitosterol, maslinic, oleanolic and ursolic acids and their methyl ester acetates, lupeol acetate and ?-amyrin acetate, heartwood contains ?-sitosterol and oleanolic acid. Bark contains methyl betulinate, baurenol and ?-sitosterol acetate |
| Uses : | Bark is aromatic, bitter tonic and carminative. Decoction of the bark is applied to skin diseases. In Chittagong Hill Tracts, the bark and root juice is given for high fever and malaria, root juice combined with root juice of Streblus asper is prescribed |
| Habit : | Small tree |