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Cerbera odollam - Auddalaka

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'''Auddalaka''', is a small tree found along coasts in tropical countries. All parts of the tree yield a potent poison, expecially the milky latex which copiously exudes from the stems.

==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Ringworm}}, {{Uses|Rabies}}
<ref name="Uses"/>

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Latex}}

==Chemical Composition==

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=chande, chende, chende hoo|ml=otavalam, othalam, chattankaya|sa=auddalakah, svanamarah|ta=kadalma, udalai|te=|hi=dabur, pilikirbir, sukanu|en=Sea Mango}}
<ref name="Common names"/>

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===

===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===

===Karma===
Vata
===Prabhava===

==Habit==
{{Habit|Small tree}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate, clustered at ends|petiole 8-35 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 10-25 x 2.5-6.5 cm, lanceolate or oblanceolate; base cuneate or attenuate; apex acuminate or acute; margin entire, glabrous, fleshy, bright green and shiny, membranous on drying; lateral nerves many, close, slender, parallel, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve; intercostae reticulate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary spiciform racemes|Pseudoterminal cymes|White|5|5 cm across, white, in pseudoterminal cymes; calyx lobes 5, linear, recurved, eglandular; corolla lobes 5, tube funnel-shaped above the throat with 5 villous scales; stamens 5, small, included, anthers lanceolate, apiculate; disc absent; carpels 2, free, ovules 4 in each cell on both sides of thick placenta.}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe||globose or ellipsoid, pericarp green turning rose; seeds 1 or 2 compressed.||}}

===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==


==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.

==How to plant/cultivate==


===Season to grow===

===Soil type===


===Propagation===

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Coastal area}}

==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Cerbera odollum - IMG 1447.jpg
File:Cerbera odollam Mintolla.jpg
File:Cerbera odollam (Flowers).JPG
File:Cerbera odollam.jpg
File:Sea Mango (5927216206).jpg


</gallery>

==References==

<references>
<ref name="Uses">http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/cerbera-odollam.html "Uses"]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>


</references>

==External Links==
* https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322699428_A_PHARMACOLOGICAL_AND_PHYTOCHEMICAL_REVIEW_OF_CERBERA_ODOLLAM_A_PLANT_WITH_SIGNIFICANT_ETHNOMEDICINAL_VALUE
* https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/dna/organisms/details/30

[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Coastal area]]
[[Category:Tree]]
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