Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume.
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Blue marble tree |
| Family Name : | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Elaeocarpus angustifolius |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | None |
| Fruiting Period : | None |
| Origin : | Australia |
Uses
The seeds are valued as a remedy for blood pressure and heart ailments. The fruit is used in the treatment of diseases of the head and epileptic fits. The leaf sap is used to cure stomach-ache or pain in the chest and shoulders.
Description
Evergreen trees, up to 30 m tall. Branchlets yellowish-brown, villous. Leaves simple, alternate oblong-obovate to oblong-lanceolate, membranous, villous when young, glabrescent when mature, base broadly cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, margin serrate. Inflorescence an axillary raceme. Flowers bisexual, creamish-white. Fruit a drupe, globular, glabrous, bright blue, 5 locular, one seed per locule, rugulose.
