Family: Euphorbiaceae
Synonym: Macaranga
flexuosa Wight; Macaranga roxburghii
Wall.
Vernacular
name: Podini, Thodukanni, Uppila, Uppothy, Vatta,
Vattakanni (Malayalam)
Habit:
Tree
Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, secondary forests and in plains
Flowering
& Fruiting: February-November
Distribution:
India including Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Key identification features:
Dioecious trees, bark surface pale, greyish-brown mottled with white, smooth,
lenticellate; brittle. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; Flowers unisexual,
greenish-yellow; male flowers: in
axillary, much branched, dense, tomentose, panicles, concealed in large bracts
Fruit a capsule, globose, hairy, glandular, black; seed one, black.
Uses:
To
treat stomach-ache, dysentery, haemoptysis, cough and fever
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