Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Aatupeezh ആറ്റുപേഴ്
Family: Lecythidaceae (Brazilnut family)
Genus: Barringtonia
Botanical name: Barringtonia acutangula
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Hijjala, Pichul, Raktamanjara, Nichul, Samudraphala
Hindi: Hijagal, Hijjal
English: Small indian oak, Indian oak, Cheriyasamsthradhi, Attupezhu
Malayalam: Aatupeezh, Adambu, Cheriyasamskaravadi, Neerpezhu, Attupezhu, Attupera, Attampu, Niirppeezh, Aattuvanchimaram
Genus: Barringtonia
Botanical name: Barringtonia acutangula
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Hijjala, Pichul, Raktamanjara, Nichul, Samudraphala
Hindi: Hijagal, Hijjal
English: Small indian oak, Indian oak, Cheriyasamsthradhi, Attupezhu
Malayalam: Aatupeezh, Adambu, Cheriyasamskaravadi, Neerpezhu, Attupezhu, Attupera, Attampu, Niirppeezh, Aattuvanchimaram
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Aatupeezh is a small to medium evergreen tree, with spreading crown. Leaves about 12.5 cm long, cuneate-elliptic, minutely denticulate-crenate. Flowers small, fragrant, dark scarlet, in slender pendulous many-flowered racemes, up to 30 cm long. Fruit 2.5-3.7 cm long, bluntly quadrangular, broadest in the middle.
The bark of the plant is used in the treatment of cholera, gum trouble and toothache and rheumatism. The seeds are used in curing liver disorders.