Palang kodi PRODUCT NAME
Secamone emetica (Retz.) R.BR. ex Schultes = Periploca emetica Retz SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Palang kodi |
| Local Name: | Palang kodi (Irula + Kurumba); Tamil- Angaravalli, Siruathankodi, Nilamarandaikodi |
| Family: | Asclepiadaceae |
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| Product Description: | A profusely branched straggler Flower: In axillary cymes, yellowish Fruit: Paired follicles, cylindrical tapering above. Seeds many, oblong, with dull white silky hairs. Plant with a milky latex. Bark brown, thick corky and deeply cleft. |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Foothills to 1000m. Distributed along Peninsular India |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets |
| Uses: | Leaves dried and seeped in coconut oil. This can then be applied to the skin to cure fungal infections. |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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