Saturday, April 3, 2021

Cleistanthus collinus


Cleistanthus collinus
Family : Euphorbiaceae
Common name : Garari, Karada (Odia) 
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Deciduous forest

Properties :
✔ Aqueous extract of crushed leaves is used as fish poisons. 
✔ The leaf extracts of this plant exhibit insecticidal properties. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
www.aprf.org.in