Ailanthus excelsa, Matti, Pongilium, Maharukh, മട്ടി, പൊങ്ങില്യം

Family: Simaroubaceae
Vernacular names: Matti, Pongilium, മട്ടി, പൊങ്ങില്യം (Malayalam), Maharukh (English), Aralu (Sanskrit), Perumaram (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia and Australia
Description: Large trees. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, crowded towards the apex of branches. Flowers polygamous, greenish-yellow, in axillary panicles. Fruit a samara, oblong.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Planted in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: December-July

Parts used: Bark, Exudation
Properties & Uses: Fresh bark juice is used for the treatment of dysentery, dyspepsia, bronchitis and root bark is used to treat antidote to cobra bite. Fruit is used to treat ophthalmia. Leaves are useful in cephalalgia and gastralgia.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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