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Sage Leaved Alangium
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Sage Leaved Alangium
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Common name: Sage Leaved Alangium, Hill sack tree, Stone mango • Bengali: আকরকাঁটা Akarakanta • Gujarati: અંકોલ Ankol • Hindi: अकोल Akol, अंकूल Ankul, ढेरा Dhera, निकोचक Nikochak, थेल Thel • Kachchhi: આંકેલ Ankel • Kannada: ಅಂಕೋಲೆ ಮರ Ankole Mara, ಅಂಕೋಥ, ಅಂಕೋಠ Ankotha, ಕಲ್ಲುಮಾವು Kallu maavu, ಅನುರೋಳಿ Anuroli • Konkani: अंकोलम Ankolam, अंकुल Ankul • Malayalam: അഴിഞ്ഞില്‍ Alinnil, അങ്കോലം Ankolam, ചെമ്മരം Cem-Maram • Marathi: अंकोळ Ankol • Nepali: अम्फी Amphee, अनुरुख Anurukh • Odia: ବାଘ ଆଙ୍କୁଡ଼ା Bagha Ankura, ମୋରଟ Morata • Punjabi: ਅੰਕੋਲ Akol • Sanskrit: अङ्कोल Angkola, दीर्घकील Dirghakila, गन्धपुष्प Gandhapuspa, गूढमल्लिका Gudhamallika, गुणाढ्यक Gunadhyaka, गुप्तस्नेहा Guptasneha, कङ्करोल Kangarola, कोलक Kolaka, कोटर Kotara, कोठक Kothaka, लम्बकर्ण Lambakarna, नेदिष्ठ Nedistha, निकोचक Nikochaka, पीतसार Pita-Sara, रामठ Ramatha, रेचिन् Rechin, शोधन Shodhana, वामन Vamana, विज्ञानतैलगर्भ Vijnyanatailagarbha, विशालतैलगर्भ Vishalatailagarbha • Santali: ᱰᱷᱮᱞᱟ Dhela • Tamil: அழிஞ்சில் Alincil, அங்கோலம் Ankolam, ஆண்மரம் An-Maram, அணிஞ்சில் Anincil, அங்கோடம் Ankotam, அருளவம் Arulavam, அதிகோலம் Atikolam, அதிநோய் Atinoy, அத்திகோலம் Attikolam, செம்மரம் Cem-Maram, ஏறழிஞ்சில் Eralincil, இந்திரசாலி Intira-Cali, இறங்கழிஞ்சில் Irankalincil, கரிக்கோலம் Kari-K-Kolam, கரியனாச்சான் Kariyanaccan, கொழுமரம் Kolu-Maram, மண்டூகபன்னி Mantuka-Panni, ஒரு Oru, உன்னி Unni • Telugu: అంకోలము Ankolamu, ఊడుగు Udugu • Tibetan: A Go Ta, A Ke Ta, A-Rko-Ta • Tulu: ಅಂಕೋಲೆದ ಮರ Ankoleda Mara • Urdu: اکول Akol Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Alangium salviifolium    Family: Cornaceae (Dogwood family)
Sage Leaved Alangium is a tall thorny tree native to India. It grows to a height of about 3 to 10 meters.The bark is ash colored, rough and faintly fissured. The leaves are elliptic oblong, elliptic lanceolate or oblong lanceolate, 8-18 x 2.3-7 cm, papery to almost leathery, becoming hairless, base wedge-shaped, margin entire, tip blunt. Flowers are borne in stalkless clusters of 4-8 flowers, usually fewer, sometimes only a solitary flower, densely rusty woolly. Flower-stalks are 2-8 mm. Flowers are fragrant, cream-colored, 1.2-3 cm. Sepal-cup tube about 2.5 mm; sepals 5-10, about 3 mm, toothed. Petals are 4-10, basally swollen and at tip blunt, 1.2-3 cm, outside woolly, inside less so, stamens 10-30; filaments 4-12 mm, at tip geniculate and bearded, style hairless, 8-24 mm, stigma headlike. Berries are ovoid, ellipsoid or nearly spherical, hairless, smooth and violet to purple, 9-24 x 6-16 mm. Flowering: February-June.
Medicinal uses: In Ayurveda the roots and the fruits are used for treatment of rheumatism, and hemorrhoid.Externally it is used for the treatment of bites of rabbits, rats, and dogs.
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale Photographed in Hooghly, WB & Jharkhand.
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