Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb.) Planch.
| Kannada Name : | Tapasi mara, Raahubeeja, Navule |
| Common Name : | Indian elm tree, Jungle cork tree |
| Family Name : | Ulmaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Holoptelea integrifolia |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | January - February |
| Fruiting Period : | April - May |
| Origin : | Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Indo-China |
Uses
The bark and leaves are used for treating oedema, diabetes, leprosy and other skin diseases, intestinal disorders, piles and sprue. The seed and a paste of the stem bark is used in treating ringworm.
Description
Large Deciduous tree, about 20‐25 m tall, bark whitish grey to brown, bruised bark and crushed leaves give a strong smell, brachlets pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, elliptic-ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate, coriaceous, glabrous above, pubescent below, base rounded or subcordate, apex acuminate, margin entire, distinctly serrate when young. Inflorescnece a axillary fascicle. Flowers polygamous, greenish-purple, pubescent; female flowers with longer pedicels. Fruit a samara, 3 cm across, orbicular, wings nerved, glabrous, seed one and flat.
