Randia Dumetorum
Family : Rubiaceae
Common Name : Emetic nut
English Name : Emetic nut
Hindi Name : Mainaphal
Telugu Name : Kaya
Bengali Name : Mayanapal
Tree Characteristics :
Madanphala or Randia dumetorum is a large deciduous thorny shrub which grows up to 5 meters of height. Its Leaves are simple, ovate, wrinkled, shiny and pubescent in appearance. The Flowers are white, solitary and having honey like fragrance seen at the end of short branches. Fruits are globose, 1.8 - 4.5cm long, smooth berries with longitudinal ribs, yellow when ripe. Seeds many, compressed, and embedded in the dark fetid pulp. Fruit 1.8 - 4.5cm long, globose or broadly wide, longitudinally ribbed or smooth yellowish brown, crowned with persistent calyx-limb, fruits contains numerous seeds 0.4 - 0.6 cm long, compressed, smooth, brown and very hard. These seeds are called as 'Madanphala’.
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Economic Uses :
In Ayurveda, various parts of are used to pacify vitiated pitta and kapha/mucous, and to treat cough, skin diseases, ulcers, asthma, flatulence, colic. The fruit is especially used as a medicine for emesis therapy (treating by inducing vomiting). The fruit of plant has anti-inflammatory/ inflammation reducing, emetic/inducing vomiting and abortifacient/abortion causing properties. The tree bark is applied externally to relieve pain of bruises and rheumatism. It also helps to reduce cholesterol level.
