Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb.

 

Family: Dipterocarpaceae

Synonym: Artocarpus ponga Dennst.

Vernacular name: Eyyakam, Illapongu, Irumbakam, Kambakam, Naduvalippongu, Pongu

Habit: Tree

Habitat: Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests at elevation of 400-700 m, also in sacred groves in the plains

Distribution: Southern Western Ghats

Flowering & Fruiting: July-November

Key identification features: A lofty tree of Western Ghats. Leaves are simple, oblong-lanceolate, with a swollen petiole and yellow tomentum. Flowers are bisexual and borne on branched inflorescence. Petals are ovate-lanceolate and hairy outside. Sepals are enlarged and remain persistant as wings on the fruit, greenish but turning to red when fruit matures.

Uses: Utilized for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant properties




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