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Kadamb Bark

Description :
Tree up to 45 m tall, without branches for more than 25 m. Diameter up to 100 (-160) cm but normally less; sometimes with buttresses. The crown is umbrellashaped and the branches are characteristically arranged in tiers. Leaves simple, 13-32 cm long. Flowers orange, small, in dense, globose heads. They appear like solid, hairy orange balls. The fruits are small capsules, packed closely together to form a fleshy, yellow or orange coloured infructescence containing approx. 8,000 seeds. The small capsules split into four parts releasing the seed at maturity.
Details:
Botanical  Name : Neolamarckia cadamba
Sanskrit  Name : V¤tta PuĂ€pa, Priyka
Assamese  Name : Roghu, Kadam
Bengali  Name : Kadam
Gujrati  Name : Kadamb, Kadam
Hindi  Name : Kadam, Kadamba
Kannada  Name : Kadamba, Kadamba mara, Kadavala, Neirumavinamara
Malayalam  Name : Attutekka, Katampu
Marathi  Name : Kadamb
Oriya  Name : Holiptiya, Kadamba Nipo, Kadambal
Punjabi  Name : Kadamb
Tamil  Name : Arattam, Indulam, Kadappai, Vellai Kadambam, Vellaikhadambu
Kadambu Needam, Vellai Kadambu
Telugu  Name : Kadambamu, Kadimi Chettu
Sinhala  Name : Bakmee

Part Used :Bark

Medicinal Uses / Benefits :
  • It is useful in vitiated conditions of pitta, inflammation, haemoptysis, gastropathy, fever, strangury, cough, diarrhoea, vomiting, burning sensation, dipsia, ophthalmopathy, wounds, ulcers and debility. A decoction of leaves is good for ulcers, wounds and metrorrhea.

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