Morphological information

Bark grayish or reddish brown, exfoliating in large thin flakes. Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous, generally covered with a waxy bloom underneath, red when young. Flowers large, solitary or in cluster of 2-3, white fragrant. Fruits ovoid, nearly woody, 2.5- 5.0 cm long, with persistent calyx.Seeds 1- 4, dark brown, up to 2.5 cm diameter. Cotyledons fleshy, oily.

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Parts                  : Bark, flower.

Status               : Vulnerable.

 

Ayurvedic

Hot, dry, easy to digest, digestive, alexipharmic; good for fevers, sweats, biliousness, foul breath, scabies, skin eruptions, itching, small tumours, headache, blood and heart troubles, sore throat, cough, hiccough, vomiting, thirst, dysentery and bleeding piles.

Unani

Sweetish, carminative, binding, cardio tonic good in asthma and sweats; cures ulcers and piles.

Other

The dried bark is used. It is usually administered in various skin diseases (mostly poxes) and in menstrual disorders. The aromatic bark is also reported as to be sudorific. The flowers act as astringent, stomachic and administered as a stimulant and settling of pregnancy. The seed oil is used as an embrocation in rheumatism and for skin diseases.

 

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