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Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Putranjivaceae > Putranjiva

Characteristics

A tree. It grows about 20 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Along river-banks, in shady valleys and evergreen forests. Drier regions of Sri Lanka.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use essential oil food material medicinal tea wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Antiviral agents (bark), Analgesics (fruit), Antirheumatic agents (fruit), Celiac disease (fruit), Common cold (fruit), Cough (fruit), Exanthema (fruit), Fever (fruit), Urticaria (fruit), Antifungal agents (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Eye infections (leaf), Fever (leaf), Filariasis (leaf), Infertility (leaf), Pharyngitis (leaf), Cooling effect on body (leaf), Abortion, habitual (seed), Anti-inflammatory agents (seed), Antirheumatic agents (seed), Aphrodisiacs (seed), Azoospermia (seed), Common cold (seed), Cough (seed), Diuretics (seed), Dysentery (seed), Elephantiasis (seed), Eye diseases (seed), Gastric acid (seed), Graves ophthalmopathy (seed), Infertility (seed), Inflammation (seed), Laxatives (seed), Pain (seed), General tonic for rejuvenation (seed), Thirst (seed), Urination disorders (seed), Urticaria (seed), Cooling effect on body (seed), Evil eye (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Putranjiva roxburghii leaf picture by sree raam (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Putranjiva roxburghii world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Putranjiva roxburghii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:355114-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288964
COL ID 4QLD9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Nageia putranjiva Putranjiva amblyocarpa Putranjiva sphaerocarpa Pycnosandra timorensis Cyclostemon racemosus Drypetes roxburghii Drypetes timorensis Drypetes roxburghii var. timorensis Putranjiva roxburghii
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