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| Botanical Name | Scutia myrtina Kurz. |
|---|---|
| Tamil Name | Thuvadi |
| Family | Rhamnaceae |
| Cotyledon | Dicot |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Description | Leaves opposite, flowers hermaphordite, seeds compressed, Capsules are subglobose, ovoid, or oblate and seeds smooth, brown |
| Medicinal uses | • Schistosomiasis |
| • gonorrhoea | |
| • intestinal worms | |
| • anthelminthic and | |
| • cough | |
| Places / Locations | * Nellithurai Beat, Karamadai, Coimbatore |
| * Kanyakumari Coastal Scrublands | |
| * Madurai foot hills | |
| * Nilgiri Foothills | |
| * Chennai Coromandel Dry Forest | |
