Screber Stevioides
Common Name : Weaver's Beam Tree
English Name : Weaver's Beam Tree
Hindi Name : Mokha
Telugu Name : Bullakaya
Tree Characteristics :
Weaver's Beam Tree is a moderate sized deciduous tree, growing up to 20 m tall, with thick grey bark. Leaves are pinnate, with 3-4 pairs of opposite leaflets, and a terminal one. Leaflets are ovate, entire, unequal-sided, petioles thickened at the insertion of leaflets. Flowers are yellowish white, variegated with brown, in terminal trichotomous. Flowering: February-April.
Nursery Practice :
Data deficient
Economic Uses :
The roots, bark and leaves are bitter, acrid, appetising, digestive, thermogenic, stomachic, depurative, constipating urinary astringent and anthelmintic. The fruits are reported to be useful in curing hydrocele.
