Albizia ODORATISSIMA (L. f.) Benth.
| Synonym : | Acacia lomatocarpa Dc. Acacia odoratissima (L.f.) Willd. Albizia micrantha B.Boivin Feuilleea od |
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| Bangla Name : | Tetura, Tetuya Koroi, Tetuya, Tetuia (Chittagong), Jat koroi (Dhaka-Mymensingh), Moroi (Sylhet), To |
| English Name : | Black siris. |
| Family : | Mimosaceae |
| Disease : | ulcers,coughs, |
| Description : | A large semi-deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with spreading crown. Leaves abruptly 2-pinnate, pinnae 6-8, leaflets 16-40. Flowers white, fragrant, sessile, in numerous small heads. Pods thin, flexible, 15-20 cm long, brown. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, useally growing in hill slopes. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The seed contains machaerinic acid and an acid genin. The seed also yields odoratissimin, composed of echinocystic acid, glucose, rhamnose, arabinose and xylose. Compounds A, mp. 85º, B, mp.145º and a third compound which was methylated to give penta-O-me |
| Uses : | The bark is applied externally in leprosy and in inverate ulcers. The leaves boiled in ghi are used by Santals as a remedy for coughs. Seeds showed marked hypoglycaemic action on normal albino rats but not in alloxan-diabetic rats (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1 |
| Habit : | Tree |