English: Clearing-Nut Tree
Sanskrit: Nirmala, Kataka, Ambuprasadah, Katah
Hindi: Nirmali
Tamil: Sillamaram, Sirungamaram, Tattan Kottei
Malayalam: Theetabaral- തെറ്റാംബരൽ
It is a deciduous tree, growing up to a height of 40 feet, the bark is 12 mm in thickness, color is brownish-black, rough, and corky with deep cracks. Leaves are simple, arranged opposite, estipulate, glabrous, elliptic, ovate to elliptic-ovate, base obtuse, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous and shiny, 3 to 5 nerved from the base. Flowers white, about 8.5 mm long, born in short axillary cymes, up to 8 mm long; pedicel 2 mm. Fruit is a berry, sized up to 18 mm across, with a hard pericarp, globose, black in color.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Oblong | Margin-Entire | Venation-parallel |
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Useful plant parts:
Seeds, root
Medicinal uses:
To treat chronic diarrhea, gonorrhea, urinary organs, and diabetes
Chemical contents:
Brucine
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