Mallotus philippensis |
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| Author :(Lam.) Muell.-Arg. |
| Family : Euphorbiaceae |
Habit: , Small tree
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| Sanskrit: Rechanakah, Kampillakah |
| English: Kamala tree |
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| Description |
| A small, much-branched, evergreen tree with a short and often buttressed bole, thin, grey bark, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong or ovate lancoelate leaves with numerous red glands beneath, small dioecious flowers, in spikes and globose, 3-lobed capsules, densely covered with reddish-brown glandular hairs containing black, sub-globose, smooth seeds. |
| Useful part |
Glandular hairs on fruits, fruits, seeds |
| Medicinal Uses |
Worm infestations, constipation, wounds, ulcers, cough, bleeding, poisonous affections, scabies, ringworm, parasitic skin affections, tumours |
| Major chemical constituents |
rottlerin, methylene-bis-methyl-phloroacetophenone, kamalins 1 & 2 |