Dillenia pentagyna, Malampunna, Naithekku, Pattipunna, Vazhapunna, Dog Teak, മലമ്പുന്ന, നായ്തേക്ക്, പട്ടിപ്പുന്ന, വാഴപ്പുന്ന

Family: Dilleniaceae
Vernacular names: Malampunna, Naithekku, Pattipunna, Vazhapunna, മലമ്പുന്ന, നായ്തേക്ക്, പട്ടിപ്പുന്ന, വാഴപ്പുന്ന (Malayalam), Dog Teak (English), Aksiphala (Sanskrit), Naitekku, Pattipunna (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Trees. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral. Flowers bisexual, fascicled on old branches, yellow, fragrant. Fruit aggregate of berries, drooping, yellow, orange or red; seeds numerous, ovoid, black.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Deciduous forests
Flowering & Fruiting: February-June

Parts used: Leaves, bark, fruit and flowers
Properties & Uses: Anti-rheumatic and antiseptic. Bark is used to cure piles, fresh bark powder applied on cuts, wounds, sores and insect bites. Root and bark made into paste and applied in rheumatism. Bark and leaves decoction is used against diarrhea. Fruit juice mixed with sugar a cooling beverage in fever, pimples and cough.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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