Erythroxylum monogynum - Bastard Sandal
❏ Binomial Name : Erythroxylum monogynum Roxb.
❏ Synonym : Erythroxylum indicum, Sethia indica, Erythroxylum sideroxyloides
❏ Family : Erythroxylaceae
❏ Common Name : Bastard Sandal
❏ Tamil Name : Sembulichan, Devadara
❏ Hindi Name :
❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated
Erythroxylum monogynum Botanical Description
Small glabrous trees, to 7 m high; bark dark-brown, very rough, lenticellate; branchlets compressed. Leaves simple, alternate, rarely distichous; stipules intrapetiolar, on the arrested shoots imbricating; petioles 3-8 mm, slender, grooved above, glabrous, chartaceous; lamina 2-6.5 x 1-3 cm, obovate or oblanceolate, base attenuate or cuneate, apex obtuse, margin entire, lateral nerves 6-14 pairs, pinnate, slender, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, white, axillary, solitary or 1-4 in axillary fascicles; sepals 5-6, ovate, acute, glabrous; petals 5-6, white, oblong, with an erect double ligule on inner side, imbricate, stamens 10-12, monadelphous; ovary 3-4-celled, styles 3-4, united into a style with capitate stigmas; ovary superior, 3-4-celled, ovules 1-2 in each cell. Fruit a drupe, some what 3-angled, ellipsoid, apiculate, glabrous, reddish; seed one. Fl. & Fr.: Throughout the year.
Erythroxylum monogynum Medicinal uses
❀ The aromatic leaves are stomachic, diuretic, diaphoretic.
❀ They are used for stomach upsets and fever.
❀ A paste made from the leaves is applied to wounds.
❀ The leaf juice is given to treat jaundice, malaria and to kill intestinal worms.
❀ The stem and the roots ashes and oil substance of the plant are applied to skin diseases and scabies.
❀ The oil from the seed is known to cure psoriasis.
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