Flacourtia indica, Vayankkatha, Governor's plum, വയ്യങ്കത

Family: Flacourtiaceae
Vernacular names: Vayankkatha, വയ്യങ്കത (Malayalam), Governor's plum (English), Aghori (Sanskrit), Bhanber (Hindi), Kattukalai (Tamil)
Distribution: Paleotropics
Description: Shrubs. Leaves elliptic-ovate, obovate. Flowers yellowish-green, solitary or in few-flowered axillary racemose clusters. Berries subglobose, dark purple when ripe; seeds obovoid, pale yellow.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: November-March

Parts used: Fruits, root, leaves and bark
Properties & Uses: Digestive and diuretic. Fruits are used to treat jaundice and enlarged spleen. Juice of the leaves are used in dysentery. Bark paste is used to relieve chest pain and also used in diabetic disorder. Root is used in the treatment of biliousness, rheumatism, skin diseases, urinary diseases and mental disorders.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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