Medicinal plant details
Symplocos racemosaRoxb.
(Lodhra)
| Common name | Lodhra |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | Western ghats of India and Evergreen forests |
| Parts used | Stem bark |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lodhra hamiltoniana Miers |
| 2 | Lodhra racemosa (Roxb.) Miers |
| 3 | Lodhra nervosa Miers |
| 4 | Symplocos nicobarica C.B.Clarke |
| 5 | Symplocos orogenes Brand |
| 6 | Symplocos stocksii Brand |
| 7 | Symplocos petelotii Merr. |
| 8 | Symplocos beddomei C.B.Clarke |
| 9 | Symplocos impressa H.R.Fletcher |
| 10 | Symplocos hamiltoniana Wall. & G.Don |
| 11 | Dicalix propinquus (Hance) Migo |
| 12 | Eugenioides nicobaricum Kuntze |
| 13 | Hopea racemosa Dalzell & A.Gibson |
| 14 | Symplocos propinqua Hance |
| 15 | Symplocos macrostachya Brand |
| 16 | Symplocos macrostachya var. leducii Brand |
| 17 | Symplocos intermedia Brand |
| 18 | Symplocos intermedia var. trichantha Hand.-Mazz. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Ericales |
| Family | Symplocaceae |
| Genus | Symplocos |
| Species | Symplocos racemosa Roxb. |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | Rodhra, Paittka, Lodhra, Sabara |
| English | Symplocos bark |
| Hindi | Lodha |
| Kannada | Lodhra |
| Marathi | Lodha, Lodhra |
| Malayalam | Pachotti |
| Bengali | Lodha, Lodhra |
| Tamil | Vellilathi, Vellilothram |
| Telugu | Lodhuga |
| Urdu | Lodh, Lodhpathani |
Morphology
It is a small evergreen tree, bark greyish, lenticellate, blaze cream. Leaves are simple, glabrous, oblanceolate to narrow elliptic in shape and about 6.5–12.5 cm in length and 3–4.3 cm in width. Leaves are alternate, spiral, with narrowly acuminate apex, serrate margin and slightly recurved, canaliculated midrib with 6–12 pairs of secondary nerves. The base of leaf is acute to attenuate; having petiole up to 1.5 cm long. The fruits are of drupe type, ellipsoid or oblong in shape, 1.5 cm long with seeds of about 1–2 cm.
Distribution
It is distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia, Malaysia and America
Medicinal uses
Haemophilia, diarrhea, inflammation, menorrhagia, eye disease
References
| 1 | Acharya, N., Acharya, S., Shah, U., Shah, R., and Hingorani, L. (2016). A comprehensive analysis on Symplocos racemosa Roxb.: Traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 181, 236-251. |