Medicinal Plants

Botanical : Diospyros montana
2662 : Hindi
2661 : Telugu
2660 : Kannada
2659 : Tamil
Medicinal Use :The root bark is used as antidote for snakebite by local tribals

Botanical : Diospyros melanoxylon
Hindi : kendu
Kannada : tendu
Malayalam : toopara
Tamil : kari
: beedi ilai maram
: பீடி இலை மரம்
Medicinal Use :head ache, cold and cough

Common Name : Kanak Champa
Botanical Name : Pterospermum acerifolium
Hindi : kanak champa
Kannada : kanaka champaka
Telugu:matsakanda
Tamil : kanaka shenbagam
vennaangu
Medicinal Use :hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant

Common Name : karupaalai
Botanical Name : wrightia arborea/wrightia tomentosa
Hindi : meetha khuda
Kannada : kaadu veppale
Malayalam : neela pala
Telugu:tella pala
Tamil : kari vetpalai vetpalai-black
Medicinal Use :Fruits used in treating diarrhea and dysentery

Common Name : Trincomalee Wood
Botanical Name : Berrya cordifolia
Tamil : சமுளை
samulai
Tiriconamalai maram

Medicinal Use :root bark used for leukoderma, taken orally by lambadi people, foot pain and nervous disorder.

Common Name : Tasua
Botanical Name : Aphanamixis polystachya
Hindi : harinhara
Kannada : mullumuttaga
Malayalam : roheethaka
Telugu:chemmaram
Tamil : chevamanu rohitaka rohithaka sevamanusemmaram
Medicinal Use :rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, fracture, sprain, arthritis, back pain, and indigestion, cough and dryness of skin.

Common Name : Velvety red begonia
Botanical Name : Begonia sp
Tamil : Velvet red begonia
வெல்வெட் சிகப்பு சங்குநாராயன சஞ்சீவி

Medicinal Use :analgesic drug, tranquilizer and acts against ulcers and inflammation