Garcinia gummi-gutta, Kodampuli, Meenpul, Marapuli, Malabar Gamboge, കൊടംപുളി, മീൻപുളി, മരപ്പുളി

Family: Clusiaceae
Vernacular names: Kodampuli, Meenpul, Marapuli, കൊടംപുളി, മീൻപുളി, മരപ്പുളി (Malayalam), Malabar Gamboge (English), Vrksamlah (Sanskrit), Kodakkapuli (Tamil)
Distribution: South India and Sri Lanka
Description: Evergreen trees. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, estipulate. Flowers polygamo-dioecious, yellowish-white, flowers in axillary fascicles, female larger than male flowers. Fruit a berry, yellow or red, pericarp very thick, fleshy; seeds 6-8, ovoid, compressed, pale brown, veined; aril succulent, white or red.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Evergreen forests, along stream banks, also cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: January-September

Parts used: Fruits and seed oil
Properties & Uses: Anthelmintic and cardiotonic. The fruit is used for the treatment of piles, dysentery, tumours, pains and cardiac ailments. Seed oil is used for ointments and other pharmaceutical purposes, it is also useful for healing chapped or cracked lips, hands and feet.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
Traditional Uses:The fruit pulp is taken internally to cure piles and dysentery.
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