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Buruve maram PRODUCT NAME

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Buruve maram
Local Name: Buruve maram (Irula + Kurumba); Tamil- Eetti, Tawadi, Eravadi; Hindi- Sitsali; Urdu- Sissua; Telugu- Jitegi.
Family: Fabaceae
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Product Description: Semi evergreen tree. Flowers are inn axillary panicle, white, fragrant. Fruits are an oblong, lanceolate prominently nerved, pod. Seeds one or two, reniform compressed. Bark thick grey. Pods match in color with the leaves. Inner wood turns yellow when exposed. Good timber
NTFP Classification: Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Crafts and furniture making, Other commercial and industrial uses

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: India
Description: Hills 75-1300m. Common in Indian subcontinen

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: bark, bast
Uses: Bark used for preparing medicine for jaundice Branches make good handles for iron implements.
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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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