Canarium strictum, Karutha Kunthirikkam, Pantappayan, Thellippayin, Black dammer, കറുത്ത കുന്തിരിക്കം, പന്തപൈന്‍, തെള്ളിപൈന്‍

Family: Burseraceae
Vernacular names: Karutha Kunthirikkam, Pantappayan, Thellippayin, കറുത്ത കുന്തിരിക്കം, പന്തപൈന്‍, തെള്ളിപൈന്‍ (Malayalam), Black dammer (English), Mandadhupa (Sanskrit), Karuppu Kungliliam (Tamil)
Distribution: India and Upper Myanmar
Description: Large trees, bole straight, buttressed; bark, thick, surface grey-brown, exfoliation small, irregular; blaze yellowish, aromatic; exudation brownish-black. Flowers polygamous, bright yellow; in large axillary panicles. Fruit a drupe, ellipsoid, dark blue, 1-3-celled; seeds 1-3.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Evergreen forests
Flowering & Fruiting: January-December

Parts used: Bark and resin
Properties & Uses: Bark decoction as a bath for skin eruptions. An infusion taken for colic. Gum used with gingelly oil in rheumatic pain. Decoction or powder of resin given internally as a remedy for cough, fever, epilepsy, asthma, syphilis, blood impurities, hernia, chronic skin diseases and haemorrhage.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
Traditional Uses:Bark decoction bath in lukewarm water is used in skin diseases. The resin from the bark mixed with gingelly oil is used to relieve rheumatic pain.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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