Raang seengai PRODUCT NAME
Zanthoxylum limonella (Dennst.) Alston. = Zanthoxylum tetraspermum W. & A. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Raang seengai |
| Local Name: | Raang seengai (Irula); Arang seengai (Kurumba); Tamil- Karunjuri, Perunjuri. |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
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| Product Description: | A large climber armed with spine tipped prickles as well as deflexed spines. Flower: In axillary or terminal panicle, dark purple. Fruit: 1-5 cocci, rugose red. Seed one per cocci. Liana with straight or recurved prickles. Leaflet glabrescent above, pubescent below and spiny |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Above 1200m in sholas. Not very common in Nilgiris, mostly in lower slopes. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | bark, bast roots shoots |
| Uses: | Bark, shoot and root used for medicinal preparations |
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| Management Practices: | (Other) Kurumbas believes that there are two varieties of this plant, one called Raang Seengai and the Erang Seengai. The later is not touched as it has ability to scare people away. According to Kurumbas tradition, the Crow Pheasant is the only bird that builds its nest in this plant and if they need any part of the plant they have to ask the bird to bring it to them. |
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