Poosa PRODUCT NAME
Sapindus emarginatus Vhal = Sapindus trifoliatus Hiern. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Poosa |
| Local Name: | Poosa (Kurumba + Irula); Tamil-Puchaa, Poovankottai; Hindi-Ritha; Urdu-Maktamaya; Telugu-Konkudo; Kannada-Aratala. |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
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| Product Description: | A deciduous tree. Flower: In terminal and axillary panicles, rusty. Fruit: 3 lobed smooth drupes, partly united, green to brown. Seed one, round and shiny black. Bark grey with rough scales. Dense foliage. Leaflets (sub) opposite 3-5 pairs. Leaflets softly pubescent beneath and on nerves above. Fruit slightly pubescent when young, glabrous rusty brown and wrinkled when mature. New foliage in March. |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Plains from the coast to 750 (1000) m, dominant in the deciduous belt upto 600m. Peninsular India. Along the Eastern Ghats and parts of the Western Ghats. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | bark, bast, fruits |
| Uses: | Bark used for medicine The fruit used as soap. |
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| Management Practices: | The medicine from the bark is made seven days of fasting and in combination with seven different medicines |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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