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Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Manilkara hexandra |
| Family name: |
SAPOTACEAE
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| English name: |
Ceylon Iron Wood
Milk Tree
Wedge-Leaved Ape Flower
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| Sinhala name: |
Palu (පලු)
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| Tamil name: |
Palai
Kannupalalai
Kanupala
Karupala
Kirni
Palai
Ulakkaipalai
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| Sanskrit name: |
Rajadana
Drdhaskandha
Kshirashukla
Kshiravriksha
Kshiri
Kshirika
Kshirini
Ksiri
Madhuphala
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| Conservation status: |
NT - Near Threatened - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Shrubs or trees, 3--12 m tall; bark gray; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, often closely clustered at end of branchlets, with conspicuous scars; petiole 0.8--2 cm; leaf blade obovate to obovate-elliptic, 5--10 X 3--7 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, apex retuse. Flowers axillary, fascicled; pedicel thick, 1--1.8 cm; corolla white or light yellow, about 4 mm; lobes oblong, about 3 mm. Fruit a berry, obovoid-oblong to ellipsoid, 1--1.5 cm, 1- or 2-seeded. Seeds about 8--10 mm.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Fruit
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| Treatment for: |
Wounds
Dysentery
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Bark
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Astringent
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