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Giringa

Local Name	:	Giringa
Botanical Name	:	Pterospermum xylocarpum (Gaertn.) Oken
Common Name	:	Woody-Fruit Bayur Tree
Family	:	Malvaceae
Distribution	:	Found throughout Odisha. It is native to India and the Indian subcontinent and distributed also in South East Asia.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is an evergreen tree native to India, particularly found in the Eastern and Western Ghats. It can grow up to 10 meters tall.

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Descriptions

It is a medium-sized evergreen tree. Leaves are simple, bright green above and paler and rusty beneath with a variable blade shape that can be oblong to obovate.. The apex is acuminate, the base is rounded or cordate, and the margins are coarsely toothed. Flowers are large, white, with inverted-lance shaped petals. Fruit is pear-shaped, rusty, and pointed at both ends

Flowering & Fruiting Period

October-March

Use(s)

The bark decoction is used to treat asthma.