AGHORI ( Flacourtia indica )

Common name: 

English:

Governor's Plum,

Batoka Plum,

Flacourtia,

Indian plum,

Madagascar plum,

Mauritius plum

Malayalam:     Karimulli

Sanskrit:         Aghori

Hindi:   Bilangada

Botanical name:  Flacourtia indica    

Family:  Flacourtiaceae 

           

                Small tree or shrub , the trunk often armed.  Bark is usually pale, grey, powdery, may become brown to dark grey and flaking, revealing pale orange patches.

Leaves: Leaves are variable in seize, round to oval in shape.

Flowers: Almost clustered in short racemes.

Medicinal properties:

Bark-oil useful in gout and rheumatism.

Leaves and root infusion given in snake bite.

Distribution:

Commenly found in barren lands.

It is planted as live fence.