Symplocos cochinchinensis

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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