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Dog Teak
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Dog Teak
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Common name: Dog Teak, Nepali elephant apple • Assamese: Okshi • Bengali: বন চালতা Ban chalta • Chinese: 小花五桠果 Xiao hua wu ya guo • Gujarati: કરમલ Karmal • Hindi: करमल Karmal • Kannada: ಕಾಡುಕಣಿಗಲು Kaadu kanigalu, ಕೋಲ್ತೇಗ Koltega, ಮದತೇಗ Madatega, ಕರಂಬಳ Karambala • Marathi: पिवळा करमळ Piwala karmal • Malayalam: കുടപ്പുന്ന Kutapunna, പട്ടിപ്പുന്ന Pattippunna, വാഴപ്പുന്ന Vaazhappunna • Oriya: Railgatcho • Konkani: लहान करमल Lahan karmal • Khasi: Dieng soh bar • Mizo: Kaihzawl, Kawrthing-dengte • Mizo: Kaihzawl • Nepalese: राम फल Ram phal, तानतारी Tantari • Sanskrit: अक्षिकीफल Aksikiphal, पुन्नाग Punnaga • Tamil: நாய்த்தேக்கு Nay-t-tekku, புன்னை வகை Punnai vakai • Telugu: చిన్న కళింగ Chinna kalinga, రేవడ revada
Botanical name: Dillenia pentagyna    Family: Dilleniaceae (Dog Teak family)
Synonyms: Dillenia floribunda, Dillenia hainanensis
Dog Teak is a large deciduous tree grows up to 40 meters in height. Leaves are large, 1-2 ft, alternate, ovate-rhomboid, obtuse or acute. Flowers yellowish, fragrant, 2-3 cm across, arise from the nodes of fallen leaves, on panicles. Fruits 2.5 cm in diameter, globose contain single seed. The flower-buds and young fruits have a pleasant, acid flavor and are eaten raw or cooked in Oudh and central India. The ripe fruits are also eaten. Dillenia was named in honour of J. J. Dillenius (1684-1747), a noted botanist. Pentagyna in allusion to the flower having five styles. Flowering: March-May.
Medicinal uses: According to Ayurveda, the plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, anal fistula, wounds, diabetes, diabetic carbuncle, neuritis, pleurisy, pneumonia, and burning sensation.
Identification credit: OIKOS Photographed at Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu.
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