Canarium strictum
Canarium strictum
Author : Roxb
Family : Burseraceae
Habit: Large tree
Sanskrit: Raladhupa
English:Black damar, Black dhup, Indian White Mahogany
Description

A very large, handsome, evergreen, buttressed tree, 20-30 m tall, with smooth, pale greyish-brown, rough bark, densely brown tomentose branches, large, imparipinnate leaves, 3-7 pairs of ovate-elliptic, oblong-obovate or unequal sided leaflets, small, white, pale green or yellow, faintly fragrant flowers, in axillary panicles, with separate male and female flowers, ellipsoid or obovoid, dark blue drupes.

Useful part

Resin

Medicinal Uses

Psoriasis, rheumatism, cough, fever, epilepsy, asthma, syphilis, blood impurities, various poisons, hernia, bleeding, improve complexion, ringworm, veneral diseases

Major chemical constituents

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