Black Murdah

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Black murdah is a tree growing to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 1 m. The fruit is ovoid, 3 cm long, with five wings not extending beyond the fruit apex. The bark is fire-resistant. The wood is coarse, fairly straight grained, dull to somewhat lustrous and without any smell or taste. The heartwood varies from light brown with few markings to dark brown or brownish black and figured with darker streaks.
The bark is bitter, astringent, cooling, cardiotonic, diuretic styptic, constipating and uterine tonic. It is useful in vitiated conditions of pitta, cardiopathy, wounds, ulcers, diarrhoea, dysentery, cough, bronchitis and burning sensation.