Ochna obtusata

Botanical Name – Ochna obtusata

Common Name – Ramdhan Champa, Kanak Champa, Khambar, Ochna (Hindi), Serundhi, Silandhi, Panjaram (Tamil)

Distribution in India – Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Habit

• Shrub or small deciduous tree
  
  

Habitat

• Dry deciduous, moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
• Occasional on hills
  
  

Specific properties

• Used as an ornamental tree
• Flowers are fragrant
  
  

Ecology

• Bird’s feeds on fruits
• Flowers attract bees
  
  

Uses

• Roots used in treatment of menstrual complaints, asthma, constipation, poisonous bites, exhibits very strong analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity
• Stem bark was used for bone fractures, swellings, and as digestive tonic
• Leaves were used to cure, fever, inflammation, cholera, dysentery, dry cough, bronchitis, sores, cancer, lumbago, snake bite, menstrual complaints, asthma and epilepsy
  
  

Propagation

• Seeds
• Stem cutting