Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Casearia tomentosa
Family: Flacourtiaceae (Coffee Plum family)
Genus: Casearia
Botanical name: Casearia tomentosa
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: chilhaka
Hindi: chilla
English: Toothed Leaf Chilla
Malayalam: Malampavata
Genus: Casearia
Botanical name: Casearia tomentosa
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: chilhaka
Hindi: chilla
English: Toothed Leaf Chilla
Malayalam: Malampavata
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
A small tree or shrub with pubescent or tomentose twigs; leaves simple, oblong or smaller one somewhat ovate or elliptic, pubescent, especially on ribs beneath; flowers axillary on the new shoot, green, very small; capsule soft green, axillary and from leafless axils, oblong, 6-angular; seeds arillate.
The leaf, oil (extracted from seed ) is used for diabetes, swelling, worms, and anaemia.