Careya ARBOREA Roxb.
| Synonym : | Barringtonia arborea (Roxb.) F.Muell. Careya orbiculata Miers Careya sphaerica Roxb. Careya venenata Oken |
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| Bangla Name : | : Kumbi, Kumba, Gade, Gadila, Gadula (Dhaka-Mymensingh), Biripata (Rema-Kalenga), ,Borpatk (Chakma), Bol-dimbel, Gambel, Goombal (Garo). |
| English Name : | Kumbi. |
| Family : | Lecythidaceae |
| Disease : | Alexiteric, diuretic, anthelmintic, tumours, dyspepsia, colic, bronchitis, piles, leucoderma and skin diseases. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized, deciduous tree, with spreading branches. Leaves up to 30 cm long, broadly obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded or shortly acuminate. Flowers large, white, ill-smelling, sessile, in thick, swollen, hard, few-flowered terminal spikes, 7.6-20 cm long. Fruit 6.3-7.5 cm across, globose. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka-Mymensingh and dry forests of Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain maslinic acid, a triterpenoid lactone, careyagenolide, tannins, saponions, sapogenol, hexacosanol, quercetin, ellagic acid, taraxerol, ?-sitosterol, ?-spinasterol. They also contain valoneic acid, ellagic acid dimethylether, triterpene este |
| Uses : | Plant is used in prolapsus ani and fistula ani. The bark is alexiteric, diuretic and anthelmintic, useful in tumours, dyspepsia, colic, bronchitis, piles, leucoderma and skin diseases. It is used for diarrhoea in Rema-Kalenga. Bark after moistening, presc |
| Habit : | Tree |