Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Allophylus cobbe
Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family)
Genus: Allophylus
Botanical name: Allophylus cobbe
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Triputa
Hindi: Tippani
English: Titberry, Indian Allophylus
Malayalam: Mukkannaperuku, Mukkannanpezhu, Mukkannaperiyalam molago-maram
Genus: Allophylus
Botanical name: Allophylus cobbe
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Triputa
Hindi: Tippani
English: Titberry, Indian Allophylus
Malayalam: Mukkannaperuku, Mukkannanpezhu, Mukkannaperiyalam molago-maram
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
The plants size is 10 metres (33 ft) high and 13 m (43 ft) in width. It has no stipules. The leaves of a plant are trifoliolate, while the leaflets are penni-veined, and could be from densely to glabrous hairy. The flower size is approximately 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in diameter, and are yellow-whitish coloured. The fruitsare red in colour and are 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter.
The bark, roots and leaves of the tree could be used to treat fever and stomach ache. The fruits, although edible, could be used as fish poison.