Family:
Ebenaceae
Vernacular
name:
Karivella, Karumaram, Karivella, Illakatta, Thuvara
Habit:
Tree
Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
Distribution:
Peninsular India
Flowering
& Fruiting: December-May
Key
identification features: A large tree. Leaves
oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate at apex, glabrous. Male flower in few
peduncled paniculate cymes borne in the axils of fallen leaves. Female flower
is axillary, solitary or in 2-5-flowered cymes. Fruit ovoid, hirsute when
young, becoming glabrate with age, Seeds ovoid; endosperm not ruminate
Uses:
Used in folk medicine to treat several ailments including burns, gonorrhea,
biliousness, blood poisoning, rheumatism and ulcer.
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