Nepali:
Chhatiwan
Sanskrit: Saptaparna
English: Dita bark, devil's tree
Hindi: Chatium
Scientific Name: Alstonia scholaris (Linn.) R. Br.
Family: Apocynaceae
Habit: Evergreen glabrous tree
Flowering Period: March-April
Fruiting Period: May
Chemical Constituents:
Alkaloides- ditamine and echitamine, echitamidine.
Occurence:
Tropical zone and low level in Nepal.
Conservation Status
IUCN-Rare
Description:
A large , buttressed , evergreen tree, 12-18m in height, sometimes reaching upto 27m, and 2.4m in girth with a straight bole of 12m , found up to an altitude of 800m.
Uses:
Bark is acrid, bitter, healing astringent , tonic, alternative and febrifuge.
Source: Dutta, I.C. (2007). Non Timber Forest Products of Nepal.
Sanskrit: Saptaparna
English: Dita bark, devil's tree
Hindi: Chatium
Scientific Name: Alstonia scholaris (Linn.) R. Br.
Family: Apocynaceae
Habit: Evergreen glabrous tree
Flowering Period: March-April
Fruiting Period: May
Chemical Constituents:
Alkaloides- ditamine and echitamine, echitamidine.
Occurence:
Tropical zone and low level in Nepal.
Conservation Status
IUCN-Rare
Description:
A large , buttressed , evergreen tree, 12-18m in height, sometimes reaching upto 27m, and 2.4m in girth with a straight bole of 12m , found up to an altitude of 800m.
Uses:
Bark is acrid, bitter, healing astringent , tonic, alternative and febrifuge.
Source: Dutta, I.C. (2007). Non Timber Forest Products of Nepal.
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