Botanical Name: Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites
Family: Annonaceae
Common name: False
Ashoka, Mast Tree, Indian Mast Tree, Weeping Mast Tree, Green Champa
Vernacular name in Assamese: দেৱদাৰু Debdaru
General characters: A
tall handsome evergreen tree, 12-20 m tall, with straight trunk,
undivided, smooth brown greyish bark and slender branches, 1-2 m long, longer at
the base up to touch the soil. Leaves are membranous, lanceolate, tapering to a
fine point, shining, glabrous, margin undulate or wavy and gland-dotted
Uses: The leaves are used for ornamental
decoration during festivals. The tree is a focal point in gardens. It have been
widely used in folklore medicine for the treatment of rheumatic fever,
gastrointestinal ulcer and generalized body pain.
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