Vateria indica | SMPB Kerala

Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Vernacular names: Payin, Vellappayin, Vellakundirikkam, പയിൻ, വെള്ളപ്പയിൻ, വെള്ളക്കുന്തിരിക്കം (Malayalam), White Dammar (English), Sarja (Sanskrit), Kahruba (Hindi), Vallei (Tamil)
Distribution: Endemic to Western Ghats
Description: Large trees, bark grayish blotched with white and green. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers bisexual, white, fragrant, in terminal panicles. Fruit a capsule, pale brown, tip acuminate; seed one.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: March-August

Parts used: Bark, resin and seed oil
Properties & Uses: Depurative, expectorant and carminative. The bark is used to treat cough, asthma, leprosy, skin eruptions, ulcer, wounds, dysentery and anemia. The resin is useful in chronic bronchitis, tubercular glands, hemorrhoids, diarrhea and ring worm. The seed oil is used as an antibacterial and is useful in chronic rheumatism.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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