Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
| Kannada Name : | Kaadu hoovarasi |
| Common Name : | Fern tree |
| Family Name : | Sapindaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Filicium decipiens |
| Species Type : | Endemic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Least concern |
| Flowering Period : | October - December |
| Fruiting Period : | October - December |
| Origin : | Western Ghats |
Uses
It is traditionally used as anti-diabetic agent in India and Sri Lanka . It also showed a variety of biological activities, such as anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and mollusicicidal activities
Description
Small or medium sized evergreen tree, 4.5‐20 m tall. Bark smooth, whitish. Leaves pinnate, alternate, petiole winged; leaflets 5‐10 pairs, sub-opposite or alternate, lanceolate to linear or narrowly oblong-elliptic, glabrous, base acute, apex acute and minutely emarginate, margin entire, crisped-undulate, resinous when young. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers polygamous, yellow. Fruit a drupe, ellipsoid or subglobose, 1-1.5 cm long, smooth, dark purple.
