Ehretia laevis - Kalvirasu

❏ Binomial Name : Ehretia laevis Roxb.

❏ Synonym : Ehretia floribunda,Ehretia canarensis

❏ Family : Boraginaceae

❏ Tamil Name : Kalvirasu

❏ Hindi Name : Chamror

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Ehretia laevis Botanical Description

Small trees; height 10 m; bark grey; branchlets stout, lenticellate, pale brown, younger parts softy hairy. Leaves simple, alternate; petiole 6-15 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 5.5-9 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, oblanceolate or obovate; base cuneate; apex obtuse; margin entire, coriaceous, scabrous; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent, slender; intercostae reticulate. Flowers in terminal or axillary corymbose, 1 cm, white; calyx tube 1.5 mm, lobes 1 mm; stamens 5, filaments 1 m long; ovary 4-celled; style bifid, short; stigma minute. Fruit a drupe, globose, 6.5 mm across, black when ripe.

Ehretia laevis Medicinal uses

❀ The leaves decoction are applied on muscular pains. They are given in cough and asthma.

❀ The tender leaves paste is applied to treat eczema.

❀ A decoction of bark is used internally and as gargle in throat infections.

❀ The bark is chewed and rubbed on the teeth and lips as an antiseptic.

❀ The bark decoction is given for diphtheria.

❀ The dried powder of flowers is given as an aphrodisiac.

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