Slow Match Tree
Scientific name of Slow Match Tree: Careya arborea
Name of Slow Match Tree in different languages:-
Sanskrit: Kumbhi, Bhadrendrani, गिरिकर्णिका Girikarnika, Kaidarya, कालिंदी Kalindi
English: Wild Guava, Ceylon Oak, Patana Oak
Hindi: Kumbi
Malayalam: Pezhu പേഴ്
Plant description:-
Slow Match Tree or Wild Guava - Careya arborea is a medium, deciduous tree, up to 20 m tall, commonly in tropical areas, Western hat areas. The leaves are dark green, ovate to oblong, turns red when aged, arranged spirally, often clustered, simple, tapering at the base. Flowers are large, white, found in an erect raceme at the branch apex. Fruit are large, many-seeded drupe, globose, green and crowned with sepals.
Useful plant parts : Wood, flower, bark
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Ovate | Margin-Entire | Venation-Reticulated |
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Medicinal uses:
Coughs and colds and applied externally as an embrocation.
Chemical content:
Astringent and mucilaginous
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