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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Avicennia officinalis/Mota munda













Botanical name: Avicennia officinalis
Family : ACAENNIACEAE
Names in different languages:
   Sinhala: Mota munda
   English:Indian mangrove
   Tamils:: வெண்கண்டல் ,Venkantal

   Sanskrit: सागरोद्भुतः Sagarodbhutah, सागरोदुर्ग Sagarodurga, तिमिरः Timirah
Distribution: Sri Lanka,Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Status: Native
Edible parts: None
Parts use to make medicine:Leaves, Roots ,Resin, Seeds
Ayurvedicusage:
Treatment for :Abscesses, Boils ,Smallpox Sores ,Skin Afflictions (especially scabies),Abscesses,Snake ,BitesInflammations, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Menorrhagia, Leucorrhea
Propagation: Seeds



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