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Scientific name
Holoptelea integrifolia
English Name
Jungle cork tree
Malayalam name
ആവില്
Common name
Indian Elm
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : both wet and dry forests, plains, hills and mountain slopes
- Leaves : canopy of lush green leaves
- Flowers : clusters of fragrant pink
- Bark : reddish-brown, flaky bark
How to use
- Swelling : Boiled bark is squeezed and its juice is used as an external application to relieve rheumatic swellings
- Wounds : Leaves boiled in coconut oil and it is externally applied for wounds
- Menstrual disorders : Fruit pulp pounded with black salt is used to treat menstrual disorders.
Uses
Diabetes, leprosy,Skin disease,dyspepsia,Wounds and Menstrual disorders
Parts used
Bark and Leaves
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
It can also be propagated from semi-hardwood cuttings.To propagate plants, take 6–8 inch cuttings from healthy stems in late summer, cutting just below a node and removing the lower leaves. Dip the cuttings in rooting hormone and plant them in a moist mix of perlite and peat, keeping them warm (around 75°F) and consistently moist. After 6–10 weeks, once roots develop, transplant the cuttings into containers with regular potting mix. Grow them indoors over winter and move them outdoors after the last frost.
