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Kasi

Local Name	:	Kasi
Botanical Name	:	Bridelia retusa (L.) A.Juss.
Common Name	:	Spinous kino
Family	:	Phyllanthaceae
Distribution	:	The species is distributed throughout India and other tropical Asian and African countries.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a deciduous tree, characterized by its rough bark and small, greenish-yellow flowers. It is used for timber, traditional medicine.

Descriptions

It is a large tree with greyish brown bark and armed with thorns when young. Leaves are simple, alternate, broadly elliptic or elliptic oblong, dark green, apex subacute or obtuse. Flowers greenish yellow, sessile, in dense axillary. Fruit drupe, purplish black when ripen

Flowering & Fruiting Period

March – June & October - January

Use(s)

Consuming fruits helps to treat constipation.