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Bavaceae PRODUCT NAME

Excoecaria crenulata Wt. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Bavaceae
Local Name: Bavaceae (Irula + Kurumba).
Family: Euphorbiaceae
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Product Description: A small evergreen tree. Female flowers in axillary spike and male flowers in axils. Fruits are capsule. Seed sub globose. Plant produces milky latex
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DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: India
Description: Upto 1500m in shoal forest. Western Ghats and Southern parts of the Eastern Ghats. Locally abundant

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: resin
Uses: Latex used to make thorns come to the skin surface for easy extraction.
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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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