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Calophyllum inophyllum L.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Calophyllum inophyllum |
| Family name: |
CALOPHYLLACEAE
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| English name: |
Alexandrian laurel
Beauty Leaf
Ball Tree
Beach Calophyllum
Domba Oil Tree
Indian Laurel
Mast Wood
Oilnut Tree
Pinnay Oil Tree
Red Poon
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| Sinhala name: |
Domba (දොඹ)
Tel domba (තෙල් දොඹ )
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| Tamil name: |
Dommakottai
Punnai
Punnaigam
Nameru
Purutam
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| Sanskrit name: |
Punnaga
Kamboja
Nameru
Panchakeshara
Purusha
Tunga
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Large tree, glabrous in all parts, upto 20 m high and 50 cm diameter. mature trees with deeply fissured, grey to blackish bark. Leaves chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, broadly elliptic to obovate elliptic, opposite, 10-20 cm long, 7.5-10 cm broad, base contracted into the petiole, rounded or emarginated at apex, petiole 1-3 cm long. Flowers white, upto 3 cm diameter, axillary, in racemes or raceme-bearing panicles, rather few flowers. Pedicels 2-6 cm long, sepals 4, petals 4 (rarely up to 8), stamens 6 mm long, ovary globose, reddish after pollination. Fruit globose, yellow or greenish, up to 4 cm diameter (usually 2-3 cm).
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Seeds, bark and leaves are used in medicine
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| Treatment for: |
Diabetes mellitus
Dysentery
Eye diseases
Skin diseases
Arthritis
Fistula
Piles
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Seeds
Bark
Leaves
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Reduces aggravation of pitha and kapha dosha
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