Calophyllum inophyllum Linn
Genus: Calophyllum
Botanical name: Calophyllum inophyllum Linn
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Punnaga, Nag champa
Hindi: Sultan champa, Sultana champak
English: Beauty Leaf, Alexandrian laurel
Malayalam: Punna
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Beauty Leaf is a low-branching and slow-growing tree with a broad and irregular crown. It usually reaches 8 to 20 metres (26 to 66 ft) in height. The flower is 25 millimetres (0.98 in) wide and occurs in racemose or paniculate inflorescences consisting of 4 to 15 flowers. Flowering can occur year-round, but usually two distinct flowering periods are observed, in late spring and in late autumn. The fruit (the ballnut) is a round, green drupe reaching 2 to 4 centimetres (0.79 to 1.6 in) in diameter and having a single large seed. When ripe, the fruit is wrinkled and its color varies from yellow to brownish-red.
The Bark, Leaves and Seeds of relieving neuritis, painful swelling, pruritus, migraine and urinary retention. The mature fruit is poisonous enough to use as rat bait.