Ochna obtusata
DC. in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 17: 411. 1811, O. squarrosa
auct. non L. 1753: A.W. Bennett in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 523. 1875. O. cordata
Thwaites, Enum. Pl.
Zeyl. 1: 70, 409. 1858. O. grandiflora Moon, Cat. Pl. Zeyl. 1: 41. 1824.
O. lucida Lam., Encyl. Meth. 1: 510. 1797. O. moonii Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 1: 70.
1858, p.p.
Bhoj.: Champa-baha, Kan.: Mudah, Narole, Ramatana-champaka; Mar.: Kanaka
champa; Or.:Buin-champa, Koniari, Nobinisero, Pata-champa;Tam.:Chilanti, Padalakonai, Panjaram, Shengodu, Sherundi; Tel.: Sunari, Tammichetta, Yera-jammi. Yerra-juvi.
Shrubs or small trees; branchlets slender. Leaves very variable, elliptic, ovate or oblong, lanceolate, mostly acute to acuminate at apex, acute at base, serrate or denticulate along margins, 5 - 16 x 3 - 7 cm, chartaceous; petioles up to 5 mm long; stipules 3 - 8 mm long. Inflorescence many-flowered thyrses or umbellate in nature; peduncles 0.5 - 3 cm long. Flowers 3 - 4.5 cm across, pedicellate. Sepals ovate or ovate-oblong, 10- 18 x 5 - 10 mm. Petals 5 - 10, deciduous, obovate, 10 - 25 x 7 - 15 mm. Torus hemispherical. Stamens 30 - 75; filaments up to 4 mm long; anthers 4 - 10 mm long. Ovaries 5 - 10; styles twisted, 8 - 12 mm long, longer in fruits, persistent. Drupes 3 - 5 on swollen torus.
Fl. & Fr. March - Aug.
Distrib. India: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, W. Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Uses. Root used as an antidote for snake-bite; decoction of root is given tor certain menstrual complaints, also for consumption and asthma. Bark is used as digestive tonic and boiled leaves are used as an emollient cataplasm.
Notes. Very much variable in size and shape of leaves due to its occurrence at different ecological habitats from sea level to hilly areas up to 1200 m especially in Western and Eastern Ghats and in southern foot hills of Central Himalayas.
Shrubs or small trees; branchlets slender. Leaves very variable, elliptic, ovate or oblong, lanceolate, mostly acute to acuminate at apex, acute at base, serrate or denticulate along margins, 5 - 16 x 3 - 7 cm, chartaceous; petioles up to 5 mm long; stipules 3 - 8 mm long. Inflorescence many-flowered thyrses or umbellate in nature; peduncles 0.5 - 3 cm long. Flowers 3 - 4.5 cm across, pedicellate. Sepals ovate or ovate-oblong, 10- 18 x 5 - 10 mm. Petals 5 - 10, deciduous, obovate, 10 - 25 x 7 - 15 mm. Torus hemispherical. Stamens 30 - 75; filaments up to 4 mm long; anthers 4 - 10 mm long. Ovaries 5 - 10; styles twisted, 8 - 12 mm long, longer in fruits, persistent. Drupes 3 - 5 on swollen torus.
Fl. & Fr. March - Aug.
Distrib. India: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, W. Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Uses. Root used as an antidote for snake-bite; decoction of root is given tor certain menstrual complaints, also for consumption and asthma. Bark is used as digestive tonic and boiled leaves are used as an emollient cataplasm.
Notes. Very much variable in size and shape of leaves due to its occurrence at different ecological habitats from sea level to hilly areas up to 1200 m especially in Western and Eastern Ghats and in southern foot hills of Central Himalayas.
