Garlic Pear Tree
Scientific name
Crateva religiosa G.Forst.
English Name
Garlic Pear Tree
Malayalam name
നീർമാതളം
Common name
Three leaved caper
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : River banks in semi-evergreen forests
- Leaves : digitately trifoliate, alternate, estipulate.
- Flowers : bisexual, creamy white, in terminal corymbs
- Fruits : a berry, globose or ovoid, yellowish-grey
- Seeds : brown, embedded in pulp.
How to use
- Foot ulcers : The leaves are crushed and applied externally to treat foot ulcers and to prevent suppuration.
- The leaves are used to treat fever and also served with coconut milk and ghee for rheumatism.
Uses
Carminative, laxative, anthelmintic, diuretic
Parts used
Leaves, bark, seeds,roots and flowers
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
It can be propagated through seeds.