Olax scandens Roxb. Family - Olacaceae Local name - Bhadabhadalia (Odia) Habit - Shrub or small tree

Olax scandens Roxb.

Family - Olacaceae

Local name - Bhadabhadalia (Odia)

Habit - Shrub or small tree

Habitat - Dry deciduous & moist deciduous forest

Location - Mayurbhanj, Odisha 

Date - 26/6/21

IPNI - Olax scandens Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2(1): 2, t. 102 (1799).

(Photo credit - Rajkumari Supriya Devi)

Morphology

🍁Leaves carried on very short stalk 

🍁Flowers are white in colour.

🍁Fruits are yellow or orange fleshy, more than half enclosed in accresent calyx. 

Medicinal uses

Crushed leaves prepared in mustard oil are applied externally to treat joint pains.

Reference

Raghavendra N, Borkar SD, Harisha CR, Acharya RNA. (2013) A detailed pharmacognostical evaluation on leaf of Olax scandens Roxb. Global J Res. Med. Plants & Indigen. Med. 2(4): 246-253.

Girach RD, Ahmad A & Ahmad M. (1998) Medicinal Ethnobotany of Sundargarh, Orissa, India. Pharmaceutical Biology. 36(1): 20-24. 

https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Parrot%20Olax.html

(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack, Odisha)

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