Microcos paniculata L.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Magnoliatae > Malvales > Tiliaceae > Microcos > M.paniculata

Description: Erect bushy shrubs. Young stem, petioles, peduncles and calyx densely stellate pubescent. Leaves 6-18 x 3-5.5 cm, elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, base rounded or cordate, margins subentire to serrulate, apex acute to acuminate, densely stellate hairy when young, glabrous on ageing except the nerve on both sides, 3-ribbed; petioles upto 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles; pedicels c. 1 mm long; bracts 5-6 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Sepals 5, free, 4-6 mm long, oblong-obovate, tomentose without. Petals 5, yellow, 2-3 mm long, ovate. Stamens many; filaments 3-4 mm long. Ovary c. 1 mm across, globose, 2-4-celled; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe 6-10 mm across, globose, purple on ripening. Seeds 1-2.

Flowering and Fruiting: August - April

Uses: Used in treating health problems including colds, hepatitis, diarrhea, heat stroke, and dyspepsia. The plant is also used in Chinese herbal tea. Rope can be manufactured from the fibrous bark.

Cultivation: Wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org