Botanical name : Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.
(Odina wodier Roxb)
Family : Anacardiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Jhingini, Jingini
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Katu, Kashaya, Madhura
Guna : Lakhu.
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Wodier, Jhingam
Hindi : Jhingam
Malayalam : Kalasu, Kalashu, Karasu, Udi, Odiyamaram
Distribution – Throughout India in deciduous rocky forests.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A moderate sized soft wooded tree grows up to 20 meters in height. bark with grayish, rough, exfoliating in thin irregular flakes. Leaves imparipinnately compound, crowded at the ends of branches, leaflets membranous, oblong-ovate, glabrous, base acute or rounded, often oblique. Flowers small, yellowish or purplish, the male racemes compound, the female simple. Fruits reniform, compressed, small drupes containing single seed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated tridosha, cuts, wounds, bruises, ulcers, diseases of eye, gout, ulcerative stomatitis, dental pain sprains, diarrhea elephantiasis, inflammations, neuralgia, sprains and bruises.
Useful part : Bark, Leaves