Alangium salvifolium (L. f.) Wangerin subsp
Common names
Sanskrit: Ankola.
Kannada: Ankole, Guddada goni.
Tamil: Alangi.
Malayalam: Kimri.
Telugu: Ankolamu.
Description: A straggling, armed, evergreen shrub. Leaves alternate, broadly elliptic-ovate, subcordate at base, acuminate at apex, with distinct domatia in axils of veins on lower surface. Flowers axillary, bisexual, ca 2 cm long, white. The fruit is a drupe, ovoid in shape, measuring up to 2 centimeters across, adorned with remains of the calyx, and typically red. It contains a single, hard seed.
Flowering: April – May.
Fruiting: June – July.
Distribution: India: Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. E. Africa.
Uses: Fruits edible. Decoction of bark used as antidote for snakebite poisoning.
