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 Alangium salviifolium (L. f.)Wang.in Engl.


Synonym


 :


Alangium salviifolium subsp. salviifolium

Family

 :

.ALANGIACEAE

Local name

  :

Malayalam- Ankolam,

Flowering and fruiting period

 :

 March-June

Distribution

 :

 India, Sri Lanka, China, 

Distribution in kerala

 :

Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta

Habitat

 :

Dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads

Uses

 

The leaves  are used as astringent, laxative, refrigerant. it is used for the treatment of rheumatism,  

Key botanical characters:

Small trees, ., bark greyish-brown; blaze yellow; branchlets tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 7-10 mm, tomentose, slender.. Flowers bisexual, white, fragrant, ., in axillary cymes or fascicles; pedicel 4 mm, jointed, pubescent; bracts 4 mm, ovate; calyx 3 mm, adnate to ovary, cupular, tomentose; lobes 10, triangular-ovate; petals 10, ., linear-oblong, tomentose; stamens to 20.. Fruit a berry, .

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