Flueggea leucopyrus - Indian snow berry

❏ Binomial Name : Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.

❏ Synonym : Securinega leucopyrus, Phyllanthus leucopyrus

❏ Family : Phyllanthaceae

❏ Common Name : Indian snow berry, Spinous fluggea

❏ Tamil Name : Mulluppulatti

❏ Hindi Name : Shinar, Ainta

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Flueggea leucopyrus Botanical Description

Shrubs, branchlets angular, ending in spines. Leaves distichous, to 2.5 x 1.5 cm, obovate, apex emarginate, base cuneate, membranous. Flowers greenish white; bracts many, minute, pedicels 2 mm; male flowers in axillary clusters, tepals 0.7 mm, concave, obtuse; stamens 5, filaments 1.5 mm, pistillode 1 mm. Capsule 5 mm across, globose, white. Fl. &Fr.: June-September.

Flueggea leucopyrus Medicinal uses

❀ The plant is sweet, cooling, diuretic, aphrodisiac, tonic.

❀ Useful in vitiated conditions of Pitta, burning sensation, strangury, seminal weakness and general debility.

❀ Leaves act as a disinfectant(antiseptic) and its paste is used by the tribes to extract any extraneous materials from body tissues without surgery.

❀ Juice or paste of leaves used along with tobacco to destroy worms in sores.

❀ Plant is used as a wonderful medicine in Menstrual disorders.

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