Scolopia crenata (Wight & Arn.) Clos
മുള്ളുകാര
| Family: | FLACOURTIACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Not available | ||||
| Synonym: | Phoberos crenatus Wight&Arn. | ||||
| Common Name: | Charalu, Kakkamaram, Saralamaram | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | October - April | ||||
| Distribution: | Indo-Malaysia | ||||
| Habitat: | Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests | ||||
| Uses: | The leaves are used for treating musco-skeletal pain. The bark has been shown to have antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Evergreen trees, to 15 m high, armed with thorns; bark greyish-brown. Leaves simple, alternate, lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, margin crenate or serrate. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary racemes. Sepals 4-6, ovate. Petals 4-6, oblong, glabrous. Stamens numerous, free. Ovary one celled, few ovuled. Fruit a berry, globose; seeds few. | ||||