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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, .