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State Medicinal Plants Board (SMPB) Kerala

Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss.

  • Family: Meliaceae
  • Vernacular names: Chandanavembu, Chandanaveppu, ചന്ദനവേമ്പ്, ചന്ദനവേപ്പ് (Malayalam), Chitta gong wood, (English), Maleiveppu (Tamil)
  • Distribution: Indo-Burma
  • Description: Large trees. Leaves paripinnate, alternate, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, in terminal panicles. Fruit a capsule, 4-5 valved, ovoid, dark brown; seeds many, thin, broadly winged at base.
  • Habit: Tree
  • Habitat: Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and evergreen forests
  • Flowering & Fruiting: May-March

  • Parts used: Bark
  • Properties & Uses: Bark is use for the treatment of diarrhea.
  • Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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