Family:
Rutaceae
Synonym: Cranzia bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze
Vernacular names:
Karakil Moothassari (malayalam)
Habit:
Tree
Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
Flowering
and fruiting: February-May
Key identification features:
Evergreen dioecious trees, reaching up to 25 m in height, feature a
yellowish-grey bark and trifoliate, alternate leaves with elliptic to oblong
leaflets. The leaves clear-gland dotted, and the flowers are small, yellow, and
clustered. Male flowers have a saucer-shaped calyx and orbicular petals, while
female flowers have a superior ovary and produce a fleshy, glandular berry as
fruit.
Uses:
Wood is tough and used for helves and handles, cartwheels and spokes. Root
decoction given in biliousness; wood used in eye and ear diseases; decoction of
wood boiled in oil used in rheumatic swellings, asthma and leprosy.
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