Hymenodictyon orixense (Roxb.) Mabb. Family: Rubiaceae
Synonyms: Benteca rheedei Roem. & Schult. , Cinchona excelsa Roxb. , Cinchona orixensis Roxb. , Cinchona thyrsiflora Roxb. [Invalid] , Exostema philippicum Schult. , Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wall. , Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) DC. , Hymenodictyon excelsum var. canescens Pierre ex Pit. , Hymenodictyon excelsum var. subglabrum Pierre ex Pit. , Hymenodictyon excelsum var. velutinum Pierre ex Pit. , Hymenodictyon rheedei (Roem. & Schult.) M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida , Hymenodictyon thyrsiflorum Wall. , Hymenodictyon utile Wight
- Assamese: Kodam, Paroli
- Bengali: Latikarum
- Chinese: 高网膜籽
- Gujarati: મધમહુડો Madhamahudo, લુણીયો Luniyo, ભમ્મર છાલ Bhammar Chaal
- Hindi: भुरकुर Bhurkur, काला बचनाग Kala Bachnag
- Kannada: ಡೊಲಿ ಮರ Doli Mara
- Malayalam: Vellakdamabu
- Marathi:कुडा Kuda, भोरसाल Or भोरसाळ Bhorsal, भ्रमरसाळी Bhramarsali
- Oriya: Guliya
- Sanskrit: उग्रगन्ध Ugragandha, भृङ्गःवृक्ष Bhringah-vriksha, भ्रमरछल्ली Bhramarchalli
- Tamil: வெள்ளைக்கடம்பு Vellai-k-katampu
- Telugu: బందారుచెట్టు Bandaaru-chettu
- Thai: อุโลก
Description: Deciduous trees, to 20 m high, bark 2 cm thick, grey to greyish-brown, rough, vertically fissured and cracked; blaze orange red; branches pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules interpetiolar, leafy, membranous, cauducous; petiole 3-20 cm long, stout, flattened, pubescent, slightly grooved above; lamina 10-25 x 8-20 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, pubescent on both sides, chartaceous; lateral nerves 7-11 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, pale green, 5-6 mm long, in axillary and terminal racemes; bracts 2, leafy, persistent; bracteoles linear; calyx tube short, truncate to globose, lobes 5, puberulous without, acute, deciduous; corolla tube slender, elongate, limb expanding, lobes 5, puberulous without; stamens 5, attached on the corolla limb; anthers lanceolate-sagitate; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many; style long, slender, stigma fusiform. Fruit a capsule, 2.5 cm long, flat, elliptic, pendulous, 2 valved, brown; seeds many, broadly winged
Used in Ayurveda and Sidha. Bark very bitter, fresh or dried, orally used as an astringent, hypotensive, antimalarial, febrifuge and anti-periodic; bark decoction of Hymenodictyon orixense with barks of Sterculia urens and Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia and root of Carissa congesta given as analgesic and to facilitate delivery; paste of bark in skin diseases; bark decoction given in diarrhea and malaria; crushed and powdered bark orally used for piles, dysentery and to kill tapeworms; pounded bark applied in liver disorders of children. Root juice of mixed with the bark juice of Callicarpa tomentosa given for fever; root paste applied on joints for gout. Ceremonial, flowers used in worshipping. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
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