Myristica malabarica, Chorapali, Pathri, Malabar nutmeg, ചോരപാലി, പത്തിരി

Family: Myristicaceae
Vernacular names: Chorapali, Pathri, ചോരപാലി, പത്തിരി (Malayalam), Malabar nutmeg (English), Jatiphala (Sanskrit), Katjathika (Tamil)
Distribution: Endemic to Western Ghats
Description: Large dioecious trees. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate. Flowers unisexual, white; male in cymes, axillary or from the old axils below the leaves, generally cymosely branched, rarely simple. Male flowers numerous, umbel at the apex of branchlets; female flowers slightly larger than male peduncle generally simple with 3 umbel pedicels at the apex. Fruit a capsule, oblong, seed one, aril yellow, irregularly lobed, laciniate, extending to the apex of the seed.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Evergreen and swamp forests
Flowering & Fruiting: January-September

Parts used: Seeds and Aril
Properties & Uses: Seeds and arils are used for the treatment of fever, cough, asthma, bronchitis, burning sensation and body pain.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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