Tabernamontana divaricata (L.)R.Br. ex Roem.& Schult.
| Synonym : | Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill Nerium divaricatum L. Taberna discolor (Sw.) Miers Tabernaemonta |
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| Bangla Name : | Togorphul,Hastadangar(Chakma),Salu(Marma),Caney-pawn(Rakhaing). |
| English Name : | Moon beam |
| Family : | Apocynaceae |
| Disease : | Abdominal pain, anaemia, asthma, body pain, bone fracture, bronchitis, chest pain, colic, constipati |
| Description : | Shrub upto 1 m Branches divaricate, milky latex present. Young shoots green, lenticellate. Leaves opposite, 7-15 x 2.5-6 cm ± elliptic, acuminate or caudate, cuneate at the base, petiole 5-7 mm long, 6-8 pairs of lateral nerves. Inflorescence 1-few flowered cymes, axillary or terminal, peduncle c.5 cm long. Flowers 2.5-5 cm across, white; pedicel 1-1.5 cm long, bract minute or absent.Calyx lobes broad, ovate, acute c. 4 mm long.Corolla tube c. 2-2.5 cm, dialated in the middle, lobes obliquely ovate 2.5-3.75 cm long, double in cultivated form.Ovary glabrous; ovules numerous; style filiform; stigma papillose. Follicles 2.5-4x1 cm, sessile, glabrous, 1-3 ribbed, orange or bright red inside, curved to form a beak. Seeds 3-6, oblong or irregular in shape, striated. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Two new alkaloids. Leaves contained coronaridine, voacristine, tabernaemontanine and dregamine. Bark of stem and root contains a crystaline substance and alkaloids tabernaemontanine and coronarine. |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Abdominal pain, anaemia, asthma, body pain, bone fracture, bronchitis, chest pain, colic, constipation, duodenal ulcer, eczema, epilepsy, excessive menstruation, fever, food poisoning, foot mud sore, gallstone, gastric tumor, gout, h |
| Habit : | Shrub |