Lothsubula
Scientific name: Melaleuca leucadendron
Family name: MYRTACEAE
English name: Cajuput tree
Local name: Lothsumbulu / Weradi Lothsumbulu
Description: Tree, with ascending branches; covered with a pale, thick, lamellated,soft, spongy, bark. Leaves lanceolate, ash coloured. Inflorescence a long spike. Flowers sessile, white.
Status: Native
Edible parts: none
Ayurvedic Treatments- Wounds
Fevers
Endometritis
Dysentery
Leucorrhoea
Menorrhagia
Coughs
Oral diseases
Swellings
Eye diseases
Skin diseases
Ear diseases
Rheumatism
Hysteria
PARTS USED IN TREATMENT:
Bark
RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:
Purifies the blood