Birth Star: THIKETTA
English Name: Bodh tree
Malayalam Name: വെട്ടി
Botanical Name: Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr.
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Flowering & Fruiting: December-June
Description: Evergreen trees, upto 20 m high. Sankritname is ‘Lodhra’ meaning that which is able toprevent disease.Leaves are used for the treatments of eye diseases, skin diseases, oedema, Indigestion, diarrhoea, dysentery . Fruit is said to be edible. Common inWet deciduous and semi evergreen forests.
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