Holarrhena pubescens | SMPB Kerala

Family: Apocynaceae
Vernacular names: Kadakapala, Kadavelapparintholi, Kudagapala, കുടകപ്പാല, കുടഗപ്പാല (Malayalam), Ester tree, Ivory tree, Indrajao (English), Kudaja (Sanskrit), Karchi (Hindi), Kudagapala, Kuthuppalai, Veppai (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Small trees. Flowers bisexual, creamy-white, slightly fragrant, in terminal and axillary corymbose cymes, appear along with new leaves. Fruit of 2 terete elongated follicular mericarps connected at the tip and then free, seeds 8 mm, oblong, with tuft of silky brown hairs at the apex.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: April-October

Parts used: Root, bark and seeds
Properties & Uses: The root bark and seeds are used to treat chronic dysentery and diarrhea. The paste made from root helps to relieve rheumatic pain, gout and paralysis. The seed decoction is useful for relieving dysentery, bleeding piles, intestinal worms and fever.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Homeo,
Traditional Uses:The bark decoction mixed with black pepper powder and taken internally to cure fever and dysentery.
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