Aporosa lindleyana Ball.

Aporosa lindleyana Ball.

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Systematic Classification

Division : Angiospermae
Class    : Dicotyledons
Order    : Malpighiales  
Family   : Phyllanthaceae
Genus    : Aporosa   
Species  : lindleyana

Common Name:

Kodali, Vettikan, Vettil, Kotili, Ponvetti, Vetti,Salle mara, Sali, Sarali, Sulla.

General Information:

Trees up to 15 m tall.Trunk &Bark smooth to shallowly fissured, brownish; blaze pink.Branchlets terete, glabrous.Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules oblong-lanceolate, acute, caducous; petiole 0.7-1.3 cm long, canaliculate, swollen at both ends, glabrous; lamina 7.5-17 x 3-7.5 cm, narrow oblong to narrow elliptic, apex gradually acuminate to caudate-acuminate with blunt tip, base acute to rounded, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above;secondary_nerves 6-9 pairs; tertiary_nerves weakly percurrent.Flowers unisexual, dioecious; male flowers in axillary catkins; female flowers in condensed cymes.Fruit and Seed Capsule smooth, globose, to 1.3 cm across, 2-4 seeded.

Economic Importance:

  • The roots of Aporosa lindleyana are used traditionally for insanity, head ache, fever, diabetes, loss of semen, skin diseases and liver diseases. In the present study an attempt has been made to validate its hepatoprotective activity.