Olax scandens Roxb.
Family – Olacaceae
Local name – Bhadabhadalia (Odia)
Habit – Shrub or small tree
Habitat – Dry deciduous & moist deciduous forest
Location – Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Date – 26/6/21
IPNI – Olax scandens Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2(1): 2, t. 102 (1799).
(Photo credit – Rajkumari Supriya Devi)
Morphology
🍁Leaves carried on very short stalk
🍁Flowers are white in colour.
🍁Fruits are yellow or orange fleshy, more than half enclosed in accresent calyx.
Medicinal uses
Crushed leaves prepared in mustard oil are applied externally to treat joint pains.
Reference
Raghavendra N, Borkar SD, Harisha CR, Acharya RNA. (2013) A detailed pharmacognostical evaluation on leaf of Olax scandens Roxb. Global J Res. Med. Plants & Indigen. Med. 2(4): 246-253.
Girach RD, Ahmad A & Ahmad M. (1998) Medicinal Ethnobotany of Sundargarh, Orissa, India. Pharmaceutical Biology. 36(1): 20-24.
(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack, Odisha)