Litsea glutinosa (LOUR.) ROBINSON


Synonym : Litsea sebifera Pers
Camellia integrifolia Choisy
Decapenta involucrata Raf.
Sebifera glutinosa Lour.
Tetranthera laurifolia Jacq.
Bangla Name : Bol-bek(Garo),Bini gaith(Tanchangya),Bosrub(Tripura), Kukorchita,Roton,Horgola,Pipalti,Maida lakri,Menda(Chittagong)
English Name : Common grey mango laurel
Family : Lauraceae
Disease : Diarrhoea, dysentery, anklitis, asthma, bleeding, boils, bone fracture, cancerous tumor, carbuncle, cirorhosis, epilepsy, evil spell, gastric tumor, general weakness, worm, jaundice, leucorrhoea, lipoma, liver disease, osteoarthritis, paralysis, pyerrhoea
Description : "Dioecious trees, bark thick, surface brown; branchlets rather slender, Leaves simple, pilose when young; lamina, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base acute, apex acute, obtuse or acuminate, margin entire.Flowers unisexual, yellow, in many flowered umbels; peduncles upto 5 mm long, slender; perianth short; tube silky, funnel shaped,; stamens 9-12, all fertile, in 4 rows; filaments to 2 mm, very hairy; fourth series glandular, ovary half inferior, 1 mm long; style 1.5 mm, stigma dilated, irregularly lobed;. Fruit a berry, depressed, globose, purple, on flat disc."
Distribution : -
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : Diarrhoea, dysentery, anklitis, asthma, bleeding, boils, bone fracture, cancerous tumor, carbuncle, cirorhosis, epilepsy, evil spell, gastric tumor, general weakness, worm, jaundice, leucorrhoea, lipoma, liver disease, osteoarthritis, paralysis, pyerrhoea
Habit : Tree