Makaali gaasu PRODUCT NAME
Decalepis hamiltonii W & A SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Makaali gaasu |
| Local Name: | Makaali gaasu (Kurumba + Irula); Tamil-Mahaali kizhanku, Mavillinga kizhanku, Peru nannari: Telugu-Neemam Theega, Maredu gaddalu; Malayalam-Nannari; Kannada-Magadi beru; Sanskrit-Sariba, Sueta sariva |
| Family: | Asclepiadaceae Periplocaceae |
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| Product Description: | A liana Flower: Solitary, arranged in 3 chotomous cymes, yellow Fruit: A cylindrical oblong follicles, woody when dry. Seeds many, egg shaped with long white silky hairs. Plant produces a stick y, milky latex. Central vein of the leaf red. Leaf fall in summer. |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | In open rocky slopes and rocky crevices of dry to moist deciduous forests. Endemic to Central Peninsular India. Common in dry hill tracts of Eastern and Western Ghats. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets |
| Uses: | Leaves and tubers are crushed and mixed with water and given to cattle to increase appetite |
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| Management Practices: | Tuber harvested and sold to traders for medicinal purposes (increase appetite) |
| Market Information: | Keystone Foundation |
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