Hydnocarpus pentandrus

Family: Achariaceae
Vernacular names: Marotti, മരോട്ടി (Malayalam), Chaulmugra (English), Tuvaraka (Sanskrit), Calmogara (Hindi), Maravattai (Tamil)
Distribution: Endemic to Peninsular India
Description: Medium trees. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers unisexual, greenish-yellow, solitary or in small fascicles. Fruit a berry, globose, rind thick, brown; seeds numerous, yellowish, obtusely angular.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: December-May

Parts used: Seed and seed oil
Properties & Uses: Seed oil is used for treatment of leprosy and is effective in decreasing size of nodules, anaesthetic patches, skin lesion, also it has an anthelmintic action against human tapeworm.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
Traditional Uses:The oil extracted from the seed is applied externally to cure skin diseases.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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