Pala maram PRODUCT NAME
Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb. = Wrightia tomentosa Roem. & Sch. Periploca arborea Dennst. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Pala maram |
| Local Name: | Pala maram (Kurumba); Hindi-Dudhi; Urdu-Pal Kurwan; Telugu-Tella pala; Tamil-Pala; Malayalam-Mailam pala. |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small deciduous tree. Flower: In terminal or pseudo axillary, paniculate cymes, yellow. Fruit: A postulate follicle, connate throughout, upto 30cm. Seeds many, linear oblong, with a tuft of deciduous hairs at the base. A tree with milky sap. Bark grey and corky. Thinly pubescent along nerves above, tomentose below. |
| NTFP Classification: | Exudates and extracts, Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | 800m – 1400m. In deciduous forest, high altitude replacement of W. Tinctoria. South Peninsula India, Deccan, Carnatic and Circars |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | bark, bast |
| Uses: | Bark of tree used in preparing medicine for children |
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| Management Practices: | Tree used in construction of Kurumba wedding pandhals, as well as for other rituals. Latex applied to breasts of lactating mothers to help “release” the milk. A drupe of this sap is enough to curdle milk. |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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