Family: Apocynaceae
Synonym: Alstonia kurzii Hook.f., Echites scholaris L.
Vernacular
name: Daivappala, Ezhilampala,
Ezhilamppala, Mangalappapala, Yekshippala
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests and sacred
groves, also in the plains
Distribution: South and South East Asia to
Australia
Flowering
and Fruiting:
October-February
Key
identification features:
It is a large tree. The bark surface has grey-brown and is irregularly cracked
and shallowly fissured with latex milky white. The corolla is salver shaped,
creamy yellow. The fruit consists of two linear, narrow, pendulous follicular
mericarps. The seeds within the fruit are flat, with both ends being commate.
Uses: It is
anthelmintic, anticholeric, antispasmodic, astringent, emmenagogue, febrifuge,
tonic and vulnerary, it is
used for treating neuralgia and toothache
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