Gmelina arborea Roxb.
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Vernacular names: Kumbil, Kumizhu, കുമ്പിള്, കുമിഴ് (Malayalam), Candahar tree (English), Kashmari (Sanskrit), Gumhar (Hindi), Kattanam (Tamil)
- Distribution: Indo-Malesia
- Description: Medium trees, bark white or whitish-grey, smooth. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, yellow with orange-pink shade, in terminal panicles. Fruit a drupe, ovoid; seeds 2-4, elliptic.
- Habit: Tree
- Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains.
- Flowering & Fruiting: January-June
- Parts used: Root, bark, leaves and fruits
- Properties & Uses: Roots are bitter, astringent, digestive, cardio tonic, diuretic and laxative. Roots are used to improve digestion, strengthen memory, overcome giddiness, fever, thirst, emaciation, heart diseases, nervous disorders and piles. It is also useful in puerperal diseases and appetite loss. Root decoction or infusion is used to treat indigestion, fever and anasarca. Fruits are sweetish and bitter and used for the treatment of fever, bilious, anemia, leprosy, ulcers and consumption. Flowers are used to treat blood diseases and leprosy. Tender leaves used to treat cough.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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