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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Chhatiwan

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.












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