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A deciduous tree reaching 12-15 cm high, bark thick, dark coloured, cracked, the inner bark red, milky, trunk short, branches, numerous spreading forming a thick shady head. Leaves clustered near the end of the braches 7.5-23 cm by 3.8-11.5 cm. Flowers also in same manner. Berry 2.5-5 cm long, fleshy, ovoid, greenish. Seeds 1-4. The bark is used in decoction as an astringent and tonic. It is rubbed on the body as a cure for itch. The leaves are boiled in water and given as cure for several diseases. The flowers one regarded as cooling, tonic and nutritive. The flowers fried in ghee are eaten by persons suffering from piles. The honey from the flowers is used in the treatment of eye diseases. The fruit is eaten. |
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