Kingiodendron pinnatum (DC.) Harms

• Family: Fabaceae
• Vernacular names: Churali, Ennappayin, ചുരളി, എണ്ണപ്പയിൻ (Malayalam),
• Distribution: Endemic to Southern Western Ghats
• Description: Large trees. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary and terminal panicled racemes. Fruit a pod, ovate-ellipsoid, turgid; seed one, pendulous.
• Habit: Tree
• Habitat: Evergreen forests
• Flowering & Fruiting: February-December

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• Parts used: Leaves and wood
• Properties & Uses: Leaves are eaten to cure blood diseases. The resin from wood is used for the treatment of rheumatism and gonorrhea. In veterinary medicine, the resin is used for dressing sores of elephants.
• Systems of Medicines: Folk,
• Traditional Uses:Resin from the wood applied externally to relieve body pain.
• Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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