Kilea PRODUCT NAME
Commiphora caudata Engl. = Protium caudatum W. & A. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Kilea |
| Local Name: | Kilea (Kurumba + Irula); Tamil- Pachai kiluvai; Telugu- Konda mavidi; kannada- Kondamavu. |
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| Product Description: | A deciduous tree. Flowers are in axillary, panicled cymes, cream, axes of inflorescence red. Fruits are globose drupe. Seed one, black with 4 radiating wings. Tree with stout thorns on old wood. The papery outer bark peels off exposing the inner green bark. A thick resin oozes out of cut bark |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Very common on the deciduous forests hills 300-800(1000)m. Scare in the foothill scrub jungles |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits |
| Uses: | The fruit and bark is dried and powdered and used in medicinal preparations |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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