Kambi/Kalkambi PRODUCT NAME
Gardenia gummifera L.f. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Kambi/Kalkambi |
| Local Name: | Kambi/Kalkambi (Irula + Kurumba): Tamil- Kambi, Vellapaavattaa; Hindi- Kikemali; Urdu- Gurudu; Telugu- Manchi bikki; Kannada- Chitta bike. |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small deciduous tree or shrub Flower: Solitary of in cymes, white Fruit: Ellipsoid or oblong berry. Seeds many, rugose Rough twisted branches. Yellow resin at the tip of branches |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Hills above 1000m on degraded slops, rocky strata in deciduous forests. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | bark, bast |
| Uses: | Bark medicinal. |
| Origin: | Peninsula India, N. Circars and Carnatic. Westwards at the foot of the Ghats on the Malabar coast, usually in dry laterite soils. |
| Management Practices: | Miscellaneous: The yellow resin used in ayurvedic medicinal preparations. |
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