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A tree 12-15 m high, with straight trunk, young branches clothed with silky hair. Leaves thickly oblong and leathery. Flowers small sessile, greenish white. Drupe black, small, edible, stone hard. The oil extracted from the kernels of the fruit is used as a substitute for almond oil in native medicinal preparations and confectionery. In Jhansi district the kernel is worked up into an ointment is used in skin diseases. The fruit is important food article. The seed is used in confectionery. Bark used to cure wounds. skin diseases. |
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