Botanical name : Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr. (F. ramontchi L. Herit)
Family : Flacourtiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Aghori, Akhori, Katukala, Kshudrakandaki
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya, Madhura
Guna : Lakhu, Snigdha
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Governor's plum, Madagascar plum
Hindi : Kanchu, Bilangra
Malayalam : Akhori, Aghori, Mullumkatta, Mullulla katta
Distribution : Throughout India, in dense forests and rocky hills.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
The plant is a small deciduous thorny shrub; with simple, elliptic, acute or acuminate, leaves, coarsely serrate. Flowers greenish yellow, found in short simple or branched racemes; fruits globose, purple drupes with juicy pulp and hard endocarp. seeds 8-16.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta and vata, inflammation, skin disease, poison, itching, kidney diseases, urinary retention, jaundice and splenomegaly.
Useful part : Roots, leaves, fruits
Photo: Dr. Eby Abraham MD
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