Botanical name: Casearia zeylanica    Family: Salicaceae (Willow family)
Synonyms: Casearia esculenta, Casearia varians, Vareca zeylanica

Saptrangi is a small understorey evergreen tree, up to 15 m tall. Bark is greenish, smooth; blaze light orange. Branchlets are round, hairless. Leaves are simple, alternate, distichous; stipule falling off; leaf-stalk 0.4-0.9 cm long, channeled, hairless; blade 5-15 x 2.5-6.4 cm, narrow elliptic to elliptic-ovate, tip tapering, acumen usually twisted, base narrowed or subpointed, margin entire or sawtoothed, papery, hairless, with pellucid transparent dots and lines. Midrib is flat above; secondary nerves 6-10 pairs; tertiary nerves broadly netveined. Flowers are borne in fascicles in leaf-axils, hairless, greenish, petals absent. Capsules are 2-3 valved, almost spherical to ellipsoid, yellow-orange when ripe; seeds many with arils. Saptrangi is found in Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar, including Western Ghats. Flowering: May-June.
Medicinal uses: Saptrangi is used to treat a range of ailments, including anticancer properties, dyspepsia, influenza, malaria, respiratory infections, and as an antidote for insect stings. The roots are known for their purgative, anthelmintic, carminative, rubefacient, and anodyne properties, and are used for abdominal pain, constipation, and skin issues. Additionally, the leaves are traditionally used to relieve asthma, and the seeds are utilized for treating snakebites.

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