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Miliusa tomentosa is a large deciduous tree with 15–20 metre height. It is commonly known as wooly miliusa. The native range of this species is Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka on the Indian subcontinent. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropics.
A qualitative preliminary phytochemical analysis of dried leaves of this plant revealed the presence of carbohydrate, protein, cardiac glycoside, glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, anthraquinones, tannins, quinines and inorganic compounds.
The oil from its seeds is used in Chinese traditional medicine for its antibacterial and analgesic properties.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Miliusa tomentosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
