Getonia floribunda ROXB.
| Synonym : | Calycopteris floribunda Lam. Calycopteris nutans (Roxb.) Kurz Getonia nitida Roth Poivrea sericea Walp.. |
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| Bangla Name : | Goache-lata, Goichia-lata. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Combretaceae |
| Disease : | laxative, anthelmintic and astringent, colic, diarrhea, dysentery, malarial fever. |
| Description : | A scandent shrub, young branches slender, rusty puberulous. Leaves opposite, 7.5-12.5 cm long, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate. Flowers sessile, yellowish green, in fulvous-pubescent terminal panicles. Fruit 8 mm long, oblong or ellipsoid, 5-ribbed, tomentose, crowned with persistent calyx lobes. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Sylhet, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain tannin and the flavanol, calycopterin, calycopterin-4-methyl ether, 3´oxymethylcalycopterin, 4´-O-methylcalycopterin, n-octacosanol, ellagic acid, quercetin and proanthocyanidin. Flowers contain calycopterin and quercetin. Heartwood also co |
| Uses : | The leaves are laxative, anthelmintic and astringent, juice is chewed as a remedy for colic. Juice of young twigs is used in diarrhoea and dysentery. Pounded leaves are reported to cure dysentery and malarial fever. Fruits are carminative, used in the tre |
| Habit : | Shrub |