Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Pistacia oleosa Lour. Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kusum,Joyna(Mymensing),Kanaizu(Mogh). |
| English Name : | Ceylon oak,Gum tree. |
| Family : | Sapindaceae |
| Disease : | Fever, hemiepilepsy, astringent, leprosy, skin diseases, inflammations, ulcers, back pain, bowls, to |
| Description : | Deciduous trees; bark surface grey, smooth, brittle; blaze reddish-brown. Leaves paripinnate, alternate, exstipulate, swollen at base; leaflets 4-6, opposite or subopposite, base oblique or rarely obtuse, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers polygamodioecious, greenish-yellow, in axillary spicate panicles; male flowers: calyx lobes 5, valvate or obscurely imbricate; petals 0; disc complete, with the disc; stamens 7 or 8, free, inserted within the disc; filaments pilose; anthers oblong; pistillode small; bisexual flowers: ovary 2 mm, superior, 3-celled, ovule 1 in each cell; style rigid, terete; stigma 2 or 3 lobed. Fruit a drupe, subcrustaceous, pointed, often echinate with stout rather blunt prickles; seed 1 or 2, enclosed in a pulpy aril which has a pleasant acid taste; testa smooth, brown. |
| Distribution : | Modhupur,Chittagong Hill Tracts,Chittagong. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds contains phenols and polyene pigments. Kusum oil contains cyanolipid. t..eaves contain alcohols, alkanes, stigmasterol, ?-sitosterol, campesterol, cholesterol, glucose, fructose, tartartaric acid and oxalic acid. |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Fever, hemiepilepsy, astringent, leprosy, skin diseases, inflammations, ulcers, back pain, bowls, tonic, increase appetite, biliousness, stomachic, anthelmintic, purgative, cholera, ulcers, headache, Malaria, rheumatism |
| Habit : | Tree |