Povidaaghu PRODUCT NAME
Alangium salvifolium var.hexapetalum Wang. = Alangium lamarckii Thw. Grewia salvifolia L.F. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Povidaaghu |
| Local Name: | Povidaaghu (Irula); Maradae (Kurumba); Tamil-Alangi; Urdu-Ankula; Telugu-Ankolammu; Marathi-Arinjil; Kannada-Ankola |
| Family: | Alangiaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small deciduous straggler sometimes armed. Flower: In irregular axillary cymes or clusters, white. Fruit: A globose berry, red when ripe. Seed one, ovoid. Bark grey, orange yellow when young, deeply fissured and trunk with numerous cavities. Leaves glabrescent or puberulous below, glabrous and glossy above. Leaf fall- February. New foliage- May. Fruit with a crown of calyx. Flowers fragrant. |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
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| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets, roots |
| Uses: | Leaves cooked and eaten as cure for stomach disorders, diabetes and blood pressure. Root and bark crushed and take orally as medicine. |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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