Analivanga അണലിവേങ്ങ

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Analivanga is a rare medicinal evergreen tree growing up to 12 m height and endemic to Western Ghats. Pittosporum dasycaulon occupied very limited in number in Western Ghats. Bark is thin, brown and the young branch lets are terete, pubescent and lenticellate. Leaves are simple, alternate, elliptic, subcoriaceous, glabrous and usually crowded at the apex. The leaf base is cuneate and the apex is acute.
Stem bark and root bark are bitter and aromatic. It is an expectorant and possesses febrifuge and narcotic properties and is used to cure chronic bronchitis, leprosy, skin diseases and as an antidote for snake poisoning.