Beetle Killer
Scientific name
Rotheca serrata
English Name
Beetle Killer
Malayalam name
ചെറുതേക്ക്
Common name
Blue-flowered Glory Tree
Description
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Leaves : simple, opposite, estipulate
- Flowers : bisexual, pinkish-purple
- Fruit : a drupe
How to use
- Leaves boiled in milk and it is used to treat aphthae
- Skin diseases : Bark decoction and roots are used to treat fever, hepatic obstructions and skin diseases
Parts used
Bark, leaves, flowers and fruits
Uses
Antiseptic,used to treat wounds,skin affections.
Propagation & Cultivation
Light to medium, particularly in laterite or red loam soils. It grows all over tropical and sub tropical regions.It is propagated through stem cuttings.