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Bhalia

Local Name	:	Bhalia
Botanical Name	:	Semecarpus anacardium L.f.
Common Name	:	Marking nut tree
Family	:	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	:	It is cultivated throughout Odisha. Native to is native to the Indian subcontinent and Myanma
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a tropical evergreen tree with leathery leaves and small yellowish flowers. Its nuts are used in traditional medicine for their anti-inflammatory properties.

Descriptions

It is a small to medium-sized tree. The leaves are large, simple, and obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, glabrous on the upper surface, and ashy gray or buff and pubescent beneath. Flowers are small, greenish-white, and subsessile. Fruit is a drupe, obliquely ovoid or oblong, smooth, and shining, and black when ripe.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

May-March

Use(s)

A paste of the seed, mixed with honey, is used in the treatment of digestive troubles.