Callicarpa tomentosa, Cheruthekku, Kattuthekku, Naikumbil, Great woolly malayan lilac, ചെറുതേക്ക്, കാട്ടുതേക്ക്, നായ്ക്കുമ്പിള്‍

Family: Lamiaceae
Vernacular names: Cheruthekku, Kattuthekku, Naikumbil, ചെറുതേക്ക്, കാട്ടുതേക്ക്, നായ്ക്കുമ്പിള്‍ (Malayalam), Great woolly malayan lilac (English), Priyangu (Sanskrit), Bastra (Hindi), Seembakkulthu (Tamil)
Distribution: Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Description: Small trees. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, pinkish-purple, in axillary corymbose cymes. Fruit a drupe, globose; seeds 3-4, oblong, angular.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: November-April

Parts used: Bark, leaves, flowers and fruits
Properties & Uses: Leaves are antiseptic and its extract is used to treat wounds, boils and itches. Leaves boiled in milk and it is used to treat aphthae. Roots are used to treat skin affections. Bark decoction and roots are used to treat fever, hepatic obstructions and skin diseases. Flowers and fruits are used to treat epilepsy, diseases of nervous system, oedema, cardiac diseases and dysuria.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
Traditional Uses:Fresh leaves made into paste and mixed with water is used to clean wounds and sores. It is also used to relieve itching.
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