Family:
Apocynaceae
Synonym: Blaberopus venenatus (R.Br.) A.DC.
Vernacular
name: Analivegam
Habit:
Shrub
Habitat:
Moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests, often in forests clearings
Distribution:
Dry tropical biome
Flowering and Fruiting: July-January
Key identification features:
Poison Devil Tree is a large shrub or small tree with grayish brown bark and
bright yellow hard woody root. Leaves are simple arranged in whorls of 3-6.
Flowers are white, occuring in clusters at branch ends. Fruits are fusiform,
stalked and beaked follicles, tapering both ends. Seeds are flat with tufts of
hair in each end.
Uses: Roots
and fruits are believed to be useful for skin diseases, leprosy, cobra and
other venomous bites, epilepsy, fatigue, helminthiasis, epilepsy, as remedy for
impure blood.
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