Atalantia MONOPHYLLA Correa
| Synonym : | Atalantia floribunda Wight Atalantia malabarica (Raf.) Yu.Tanaka Atalantia puberula Miq Atalantia umbellata M.Roem. Limonia monophylla L. |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rutaceae |
| Disease : | Paralysis, rheumatism and hemiplegia. |
| Description : | A small or large shrub, with rigid flexuous woody branches and usually strong, axillary, single sharp spines. Leaves 2.5-7.5 cm long, lanceolate to ovate, obtuse, notched or 2-lobed at the tip, coriaceous. Flowers 8-12 mm diam., fascicled or shortly racemed, white, petals obovate-oblong, obtuse. Berries globose, as large as a nutmeg, like a lime. |
| Distribution : | Forest of Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Root bark contains a tetranortriterpenoid, atalantin, stigmasterol, xanthyletin, marmesin and ?-sitosterol, two tetranortriterpenoids and a C-12 lactone along with copaene, ?- trans-bergamotene, ?-bisabolene, d-?-bisabolol, auraptene, atalaphylline, N-met |
| Uses : | Oil of berries is considered as a valuable application in paralysis and chronic rheumatism. Leaf juice is an ingredient in a compound liniment for hemiplegia. Essential oil from leaves is antitubercular and antifungal (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | Shrub |