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Botanical Name: Schrebera swientenioides Roxb.
Family: Oleaceae
Names in different Indian languages
| English |
Weavers beam tree |
| Hindi |
Moka, banplasa |
| Kannada |
Bula, naganti |
| Malayalam |
Malamplasu, maggamaram |
| Sanskrit |
Muskakah, ksharasreshta |
| Tamil |
Mongalingam |
| Telugu |
Magalinga, bullyakaya |
| Unani |
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| Folk |
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Synonyms
Muskakaa. Mokshaka, Ghantaa-Paatali, Kaashthapaatalaa
Morphology
Medium sized tree, grows 12-15 m height
Leaves- compound, imapripinate, leaflets –opposite , ovate
Flower- yellowish brown , cyme
Fruit – capsule
uses:
enlargement of spleen , urinary discharges, leprosy, hydrocele
chemicals
betulinic and oleanolic acids.
Descriptions on Ayurveda books / Nighandu: