Wikstroemia INDICA (L.) C.A. Mey.
| Synonym : | Wikstroemia purpurata (L.) Druce Wikstroemia rotundifolia (L. f.) C.A. Mey. Wikstroemia subcoriace |
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| Bangla Name : | Sotopata salago. |
| English Name : | Small-leaf Salago. |
| Family : | Thymelaeaceae |
| Disease : | Depression |
| Description : | A small slender bushy shrub, about 60 cm tall. Leaves subcoriaceous, crowded, oblong or obovate, rounded at tip, base cuneate, 2.5 cm long. Flowers in very short, terminal fascicles. Perianth-tube glabrous, yellow, 1 cm long, lobes short. Drupe ellipsoid, scarlet, 5 mm long. |
| Distribution : | Hill forests of Chittagong. |
| Chemical Constituents : | A new lignan – wikstromol along with arctigenin, matairesinol and pinoresinol have been isolated from this plant. Plant also contains wikstrosin and daphnoretin (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | The root and stem bark are considered vesicant and purgative, mixed with salt and ginger is given as a purgative. It is also used as a fish poison. Wikstromol contained in the plant showed CNS depressant activity in rabbits (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Habit : | Shrub |