Picrasma JAVANICA Bl.
| Synonym : | Picrasma nepalensis Benth. |
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| Bangla Name : | Nilghanta, Gach nirbis (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Simarubaceae |
| Disease : | Febrifuge. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized, evergreen tree. All parts of the tree is bitter. Leaves imparipinnate, 20-23 cm long, leaflets 7, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 10-18 cm long, bluntly tailed, entire, silky-shining beneath. Flowers small, greenish-white, in axillary, corymbose, pubescent panicles, shorter than the leaves. Fruit a drupe of 1-4 druplets, raised on the flat and thick torus, white, smooth. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The bark of the plant is used as a febrifuge. |
| Habit : | Tree |