Cassine paniculata (Wight & Arn.) T.P. Ramamoorthy
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Panicled cassine |
| Family Name : | Celastraceae |
| Scientific Name : | Cassine paniculata |
| Species Type : | Endemic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | April - July |
| Fruiting Period : | None |
| Origin : | Western Ghats |
Uses
Bark is given internally in extreme cases of anemia, as a blood purifier, given as cardiac tonic and as wound healing.
Description
Evergreen, large buttressed tree, up to 40 m tall. Trunk is hollow in very old trees. Bark is gray, smooth, blaze red with watery exudation. Leaves simple, opposite decussate, elliptic-oblong, glabrous, coriaceous, base acute or cuneate, apex acute or obtusely acuminate, margin crenate. Inflorescence an axillary dichasial corymbose cyme. Flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow, 1 cm across. Fruit a drupe, globose to ellipsoid, apiculate, 1-2 seeded.
