Botanical name: Suregada multiflora    Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Gelonium multiflorum

False Lime is a tall shrub or a small trees, growing 2-13 m tall, native to NE India. Branches are gray-yellow to gray-brown, hairless. Leaf stalks are 3-12 mm long. Leaf blade is obovate-elliptic to obovate-lanceshaped or oblong-elliptic, 5-16 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, somewhat leathery, with a pointed tip. Flowers are borne in short stalked cymes. Flowers are tiny, 5-8 mm across, male and female flowers separate on the same tree. Male flowers have circular sepals, with 30-60 stamens. Female flowers have an annular disk, and a spherical ovary. Sepals are persistent on the fruit, which is round, 1.1-1.5 cm across, slightly fleshy, 3-seeded. False Lime is found from NE India to China and SE Asia. Flowering: March-September.
Medicinal uses: False lime is utilized to treat gum and hepatic ailments in traditional medicines. In Thailand, it is utilized to treat skin diseases including rashes, itching, and inflammation. In India, the seeds of S. multiflora are utilized in the treatment of liver diseases and as a gum tonic.

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