Family:
Icacinaceae
Synonym:
Chailletia edulis Kurz, Sarcostigma edule Kurz, Sarcostigma
horsfieldii R. Br.
Vernacular
name:
Erumathali, Odal, Vattodal,Vellodal(Malayalam)
Habit:
Shrub
Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
Flowering
& Fruiting: February-June
Key
identification features: Woody climbers, branchlets
glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate.Spikes slender, axillary or
from tubercles. Flowers yellow,calyx cupular,female flowers mostly from old
wood.
Uses:
Medicinal. It is used in the treatment of rheumatism, leprosy.Timber.
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