Macaranga DENTICULATA Muell.-Arg.
| Synonym : | Macaranga chatiniana (Baill.) Müll.Arg. Mappa denticulata Blume Rottlera glauca Hassk. Tanarius gmelinifolius (King ex Hook.f.) Kuntze |
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| Bangla Name : | Burna, Burakochi, Ratabura, Mathura-ninia, Lepcha, Bura (Chittagong). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Constipation, mucous stool and colic. |
| Description : | A low evergreen tree, with a large spreading crown, young shoots, leaves and inflorescence rusty tomentose. Leaves large, peltate, denticulate or entire, base rounded. Flowers in axillary panicles. Fruit a capsule, about 6 mm diam. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | A new triterpene – 3-epitaraxerol along with teraxerone and ?-sitosterol have been isolated from the plant (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | The juice of the leaves and flowers is administered in cases of constipation, mucous stool and colic in Jointiapur of Sylhet. |
| Habit : | Tree |