Meyna Laxiflora

Botanical name–Meyna laxiflora

Common Name– Muyna

Habit

• Evergreen
• Small tree
• Slow growing
  
  

Specific Properties

• Found at a higher elevation
  
  

Ecology

• Birds, squirrels feed on fruits
• Larval host plant for- Common Tit butterfly
• Attracts lots of insects- bees, ants, flies
  
  

Uses

• Leaves are used in food
• Unripe fruits are pickled and ripe are edible
• Fruit is strengthening, cooling & expellant of phlegm and bile, has antioxidant activity
• Leaves paste with coconut oil cures swelling, leaves used as anti-dandruff shampoo
• Seed powder mixed with water is used to treat kidney stones by tribals, seeds also known as female anti fertility agent
• Decoction of the leaves is used against diphtheria
• The stem is used in case of snake-bite and scorpion sting but not described as an antidote to venom
  
  

Propagation

• Seeds