Botanical name:Trevia nudiflora var. polycarpaFamily:Euphorbiaceae (Castor family) Synonyms: Trevia polycarpa
Many-fruited Trevia is a medium-sized deciduous
tree. Leaves are opposite, 15-23 cm long, ovate, cordate, acuminate,
entire. Flowers are dioecious; petals 0; Male flowers yellow, 7.5 mm
across, in long pendulous racemes, 10-20 cm long; female flowers green,
solitary or 2-3 together in common axillary peduncles about 2.5 cm
long. Fruit is a berry, 2.5-4.0 cm across, depressed-globose.
Medicinal uses:
Plant is used for the removal of bile and phlegm. Leaves and its
decoction are applied to swellings and in healing of wounds and
injuries. Bark is used for the treatment of enlarged thyroid. Decoction
of the root is stomachic and alterative; used in flatulence, gout and
rheumatism. Decoction of shoots is said to relive flatulence and
swellings.
Identification credit: Radha Veach
Photographed at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra.
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