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Hinjala

Local Name	:	Hinjala
Botanical Name	:	Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.
Common Name	:	Barringtonia, Freshwater Mangrove, Indian Oak, Indian Putat
Family	:	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	:	It is distributed throughout India including Odisha. It is native to Indian sub-continent and China. The species is native from Afghanistan to North Australia.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a tree with distinctive, ridged bark and long, lance-shaped leaves. It produces attractive, brush-like clusters of pinkish-white flowers and oblong, woody fruits.

Descriptions

It is a large size tree with thick dark grey bark. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate with apex subacute or rounded and narrow base. Flowers red, fragrant, hypanthium. Fruit oblong and quadrangular.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

April - September

Use(s)

It is use for the treatment of hemolytic diseases.