Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin

 

Family: Alangiaceae

Synonym: Alangium lamarckii Thwaites

Vernacular names: Arinjl, Ankolam

Habit: Tree

Habitat: Dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads

Distribution: E. Tropical Africa, Comoros, Indian Subcontinent

Flowering and fruiting: March-June

Key identification features: Sage Leaved Alangium is a tall thorny tree native to India. The bark is ash colored, rough and faintly fissured. The leaves are elliptic oblong, elliptic lanceolate or oblong lanceolate. Flowers are fragrant, cream-colored. Berries are ovoid, ellipsoid or nearly spherical, hairless, smooth and violet to purple in colour.

Uses: Ankol has been used by traditional healers in the treatment of skin cancers by means of local application of the root as recommended by Indian Ayurveda. It is also used locally for the treatment of snakebite, scorpion bite as well as for dog bite.



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