Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Cordia wallichii
Family: Cordiaceae
Genus: Cordia
Botanical name: Cordia wallichii
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Bahuvaraka, Uddalaka
Hindi: Buralessura
English: Large Sebesten
Malayalam: Valiyanaruviri, Periyaviri, Peru naruvari
Genus: Cordia
Botanical name: Cordia wallichii
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Bahuvaraka, Uddalaka
Hindi: Buralessura
English: Large Sebesten
Malayalam: Valiyanaruviri, Periyaviri, Peru naruvari
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
A good sized tree, possibly a tomentose variety of the common C.Myxa, from which it is specifically hardly distinct, but the densely woolly leaves well distinguish it. It is met with in cultivation in Aurangabad.
The fruit is considered to be expectorant, astringent and demulcent.