Agil
Scientific name: Erythroxylum monogynum
Family name: ERYTHROXYLACEAE
English name: Red cedar
Local name: Lanka agil
Sanskrit name: Katu chandana
Conservation status: Near threatened (NCS 2012)
Description: Shrubs or small trees, 2 – 4.5 m tall. Leaves alternate, obovate or cuneate abovate, 1.4 – 4.2 (- 5.2) X 0.7 – 1.9 (- 2.2) cm, simple, apex rounded or very obtuse, emarginated, entire, slightly recurved at base, hardly shining above, glaucous brown beneath. Flowers white or greenish white, scented, 1 – 4 in axillary fascicles, dimorphous. Drupes cylindric or oblong, straight, furrowed, green, becoming blood red or scarlet when ripe.
Status: Native
Edible parts: None
Ayurvedic Treatments- Stomachic
Dyspepsia
Fever
Dropsy
PARTS USED IN TREATMENT:
Leaves
Bark
RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:
Anthelmintic
Diuretic
