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EastIndianScrewTree

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Commonname:EastIndianscrewtree,NutleavedscrewtreeHindi:MarorphaliMarathi:

MurudshengSanskrit:
MrigaShringaKannada:YedmuriTelugu:Valambiri
Tamil:VadampiriBengali:Antamora
Botanicalname: HelicteresisoraFamily:Sterculiaceae(Cacaofamily)
EastIndianscrewtreeisasubdeciduousshruborsmalltreewithgreycolouredbark.Leavessimple,
serratemargin,scabrousaboveandpubescentbeneath.Flowerssolitaryorinsparseclusters,withred
petals turning pale blue when old. Fruits greenish brown, beaked, cylindrical, spirally twisted on
ripening.Thetwistedshapeofthefruitiswhatlendsmostofitnameslikescrewtreeandmarorphali.
Medicinaluses: Therootsandstembarksareconsideredtobeexpectorant,demulcent,astringent
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andantiglactagogue.Barkisusedindiarrhoea,dysentery,scbies,biliousnessandisusefulingripping
ofthebowels.Rootjuiceisusedinantidiarrhoealandantidysentericformulations.Friedpodsaregiven
tochildrentokillintestinalworms.

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