*_Tamarix indica_* Willd
*Family* – Tamaricaceae
_(Found mostly near streams and rivers)_
*Medicinal uses* –
1. It used for fuel wood & timber in certain countries in the wood.
2. The bark is bitter & a severe tonic, leaves & fruit are useful for chronic diarrhea & dysentery.
3. The roots are beneficial for sore throat & ulcerating piles.
4. Plant extract are rich by acid compounds that are used as an inhibitor of nephrolithiasis.
5. It can be used as prophylactic & therapeutic remedies to cure malaria as folk medicine.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India