Holarrhena pubescens

• Botanical Name : Holarrhena pubescens Wall. ex G.Don
• Synonyms : Holarrhena antidysenterica (Roth) Wall. ex A.DC.
• Common Name : Indrajav, The Easter Tree, Kuda, Pandhra Kuda, Kadvo
• Plant Family : Apocynaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Holarrhena pubescens Plant :

• Habit : A deciduous medium-sized tree.
• Leaves : Opposite, ovate, oblong, thin, obtuse, pointed, subsessile.
• Inflorescence : Corymbose cymes.
• Flowers :
  • White, scentless, bracteates, bracts small.
  • Calyx-lobes 5, acute ciliate.
  • Corolla salver-shaped, tube as long as lobes, hairy outside, lobes oblong, rounded, mouth without a hairy ring. Stamens 5, included.
  • Carpels 2, free, style filiform, stigma thick.
• Fruit : A pair of follicles about 1.5 inches long, seeds many, comose.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : February-June
• Significance :
  • It is a very important medicinal plant, the bark is bitter and astringent.
  • It is used in amoebic dysentery.
  • The seeds are used in asthma and colic.