Crateva religiosa, Neermathalam, Mavulangam, Garlic Pear Tree, നീർമാതളം, മാവുലങ്ങം

Synonyms: Crateva magna (Lour.) DC.
Family: Capparaceae
Vernacular names: Neermathalam, Mavulangam, നീർമാതളം, മാവുലങ്ങം (Malayalam), Garlic Pear Tree (English), Varuna (Sanskrit), Barun (Hindi), Maralingam (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia and China
Description: Trees. Leaves digitately trifoliate, alternate, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, creamy white, in terminal corymbs. Fruit a berry, globose or ovoid, yellowish-grey, rind woody; seeds brown, embedded in pulp.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: River banks in semi-evergreen forests
Flowering & Fruiting: March-April

Parts used: Leaves, bark, stem and flowers
Properties & Uses: Carminative, laxative, anthelmintic, diuretic, lithontriptic, expectorant and demulcent. The dried bark is internally administered to cure diseases like renal calculi, dysuria, helminthiasis, inflammations, cough, asthma, bronchitis and skin diseases.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Unani,
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