Family: Meliaceae
Synonym: Dysoxylum glandulosum Talbot
Vernacular name: Akil, Kana Mulla, Purippa, Vellakil
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Canopy trees in evergreen and semievergreen forests
Distribution: India-Southern Western Ghats
Flowering
and Fruiting:
February-June
Key
identification features: It grows up to 35 m tall, with elliptic-lanceolate
leaflets, fragrant greenish-yellow
flowers, and a bright yellow
capsule fruit containing reddish-brown seeds.
Uses: Wood decoction used in the treatment of arthritis,
anorexia, cardiac debility, expelling intestinal worms, inflammation, leprosy
& rheumatism.
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