Kaadu imbi PRODUCT NAME
Atalantia monophylla (Linn.) orr. Serr = Atalantia flroibunda Wt. = Limonia monophylla (Linn.) SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | kaadu imbi |
| Local Name: | kaadu imbi (Irula, Kurumba); kaatu narangam, kaatu elimichai (Tamil), yerramunukudu (Telugu), katanarunga (Urdu) |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
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| Product Description: | An armed tree. Flower in axillariary racemes, cream. Fruit: a berry, globose, persistent, ripening orange; seed 4, ovoid. Wood yellowish and very hard. The lower altitude replacement of A. racemosa. |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Crafts and furniture making, Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Plains from the coat in shrub jungles up to 1000 m. Common in Peninsular India and Khasia Hills. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | bark, bast fruits roots trunk |
| Uses: | Good medicine for dental problems. Monkeys eat fruits. Good medicine for dental problems. Logs used for building purposes, and for firewood. Lots of trees cut down for poles to support banana plants in plantations in the foothills. |
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| Partners: | Keystone |
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| External Links: | http://www.plantsystematics.org/taxpage/0/0/79/binomial/Atalantia%20monophylla.html http://www.pitchandikulamforest.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=0 |
