Dipterocarpus zeylanicus Thwaites
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Heartwood and gum
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Decoction of the boiled heartwood is taken as an expectorant
- Dried gum dissolved in lime juice is taken to control pharyngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis and pneumonia and also acts as a diaphoretic
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Triterpenes: asiatic acid, ursolic acid and its derivatives from resin
Bioactivity :
Clinical:
Note :
Wood is valuable as timber
References : Bandaranayake, W. M., et al., (1975), Terpenes of Dipterocarpus and Doona species, Phytochemistry, 14(9), 2043-2048.
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