Alangium Salviifolium

Alangium salviifolium, Sage-leaf Alangium, Ankol, Vang

Botanical Name : Alangium salviifolium

English Name : Sage-leaf Alangium

Hindi Name : Ankol, Vang

Sanskrit Name : Ankol

Description

Alangium salviifolium is a tree found in India. It is also found in Western Africa, Madagascar, Southern Asia, Philippines and tropical Australia, and the Pacific Islands .

This tree is a member of Alangeceae plant family..

This is Tall thorny tree . It grows to a height of about 3 to 10 meters.The bark is ash colored, rough and faintly fissured. The leaves are elliptic oblong, elliptic lanceolate or oblong lanceolate. The flowers are greenish white, fascilcled, axillary or on old wood. The berries are ovoid, ellipsoid or nearly globose.glabrous, smooth and violet to purple. The flowering season is February to June.

Usage

In Ayurveda the roots and the fruits are used for treatment of rheumatism, and hemorrhoid.Externally it is used for the treatment of bites of rabbits, rats, and dogs.

Obtained Chemical Compounds

a- and b- Alangine, Alangicin, Marckindine, Tubulosin and emitine are obtained from this plant.

Gujarati: Ankol

Marathi: Ankol

Bengali: Ankod, Dhala Ankor

Kannada: Ankule, Ankolmara

Telugu: Ankolam, Urgu

Tamil and Malayalam: Ankolam,  Arinjl, Allandi 

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