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Herbal name : Alstonia
Scientific Name : Alstonia scholaris (R. BR.)
Family : APOCYNACEAE
Botanical Description :
The tree grows from 50 to 80 feet high, has a furrowed trunk, oblong stalked leaves up to 6 inches long and 4 inches wide, dispersed in four to six whorls round the stem, their upper side glossy, under side white, nerves running at right angles to
the mid-rib. The bark is almost odour less and very bitter, in commerce it is found in irregular fragments 1/8 to 1/2 inch thick, texture spongy, fracture coarse and short, outside layer rough uneven fissured brownish grey and sometimes blackish spots; inside layer bright buff, transverse section shows a number of small modularly rays in inner layer.
Part Used :
The bark is used in homoeopathy for its tonic bitter and astringent properties;
it is particularly useful for chronic diarrhoea and dysentery. |
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