Pittosporum tetraspermum Wight & Arn.
- Family: Pittosporaceae
- Vernacular names: Kachappatta, Analivegam, കച്ചപ്പട്ട, അണലിവേഗം (Malayalam), Vishadhani (Sanskrit), Sunari,Suneri (Tamil)
- Distribution: South India and Sri Lanka
- Description: Large shrubs. Leaves pseudo-verticillate towards the branch tips, elliptic, acute at either ends. Flowers creamy-white, in terminal sessile umbels, pedicels 5 mm long. Capsule globose, smooth, black.
- Habit: Shrub
- Habitat: Evergreen, shola and moist deciduous forests
- Flowering & Fruiting: February-April
- Parts used: Bark and leaves
- Properties & Uses: Leaves shows antimicrobial activity and its stem bark has narcotic property. It is used for treating chronic bronchitis and as an antidote for snake poisoning. Root bark is a remedy for rheumatic swelling.
- Systems of Medicines: Folk,
- Traditional Uses:Root bark crushed into paste, mixed with cow urine is taken internally against snake-bite.
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