Elaeocarpus tuberculatus, Ammakkara, Karamaram, Kara, Mukkanni, Rudraksham, Thodayam, Vellathaanni, Deccan olive, അമ്മക്കാര, കാരമരം, കാര, മുക്കണ്ണി, രുദ്രാക്ഷം, തോടയം, വെള്ളത്താന്നി

Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Vernacular names: Ammakkara, Karamaram, Kara, Mukkanni, Rudraksham, Thodayam, Vellathaanni, അമ്മക്കാര, കാരമരം, കാര, മുക്കണ്ണി, രുദ്രാക്ഷം, തോടയം, വെള്ളത്താന്നി (Malayalam), Deccan olive (English), Malampinnai, Pathrachi, Ruthraksham (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Large trees, bole buttressed. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the tip of branchlets. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary racemes. Fruit a drupe, oblong or ellipsoid, green, ferrugenous tomentose, stones single, compressed, coarsely tuberculate, 1-2 celled.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Along banks of streams in evergreen and shola forests
Flowering & Fruiting: December-August

Parts used: Bark, seeds and fruits
Properties & Uses: Anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-anxiety and analgesic. Decoction of the bark is used as a remedy for rheumatism, indigestion and biliousness. Stem bark is given for inducing abortion until the third month of pregnancy. Stem bark is given after delivery as an antiseptic. Fruits and seeds used to treat rheumatism, typhoid fever and epilepsy.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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