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Dodda gumbullu PRODUCT NAME

Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb. = Caesalpinia crista Linn. Guilandia bonducella, Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Dodda gumbullu
Local Name: Dodda gumbullu (Kurumba); Tamil-Kalichikai; Hindi-Kat Karanj.
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
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Product Description: An extensive armed straggler Flower: In axillary racemes, yellow Branchlets downy pubescent with recurved prickles. Outer bark papery, brown and split, inner one green. Moist animals in the forest cannot graze on this plant because of the spines. 
NTFP Classification: Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: India
Description: Up to 1000m common, more abundant in forest clearing. Common in Tropics

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: roots
Uses: Root is medicinal
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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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