Symplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) S. Moore var. laurina (Retz.) Noot.
- Family: Symplocaceae
- Vernacular names: Kamblivetti, Pachotti, കമ്പിളിവെട്ടി, പാച്ചോറ്റി (Malayalam), Chunga (English), Lodhra (Sanskrit), Sodh (Hindi), Kambli-vetti (Tamil)
- Distribution: Indo-Malesia and China
- Description: Small trees. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary simple or branched spikes. Fruit a drupe, glabrous, ampulliform; seeds 1-3, oblong.
- Habit: Tree
- Habitat: Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Flowering & Fruiting: March-May
- Parts used: Bark
- Properties & Uses: Bark is astringent, acrid, refrigerant, anti-inflammatory, depurative and febrifuge. It is used to treat asthma, bronchitis, dropsy, arthritis, ulcers, tumours, leprosy, skin diseases, fever, dyspepsia, flatulence, leucorrhea, diarrhea, dysentery and gonorrhea.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
- Conservation Status: Near threatened.
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