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Kochila

Local Name	:	Kochila
Botanical Name	:	Strychnos nux-vomica L.
Common Name	:	Nux-vomica
Family	:	Loganiaceae
Distribution	:	The distribution of this species is recorded from Central and South India including Odisha. It has been recorded from places like Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, etc.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a small to medium-sized tree with a dense, rounded canopy and leathery, ovate leaves. It bears small, greenish-yellow flowers and produces large, round fruits containing highly toxic seeds.

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Descriptions

It is a tree with smooth grey bark. Leaves are ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, acute or rounded and glabrous. Flowers cymes in short peduncled, greenish white in color. Fruit berry, globose in bright orange color.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

March -April & December - January

Use(s)

The seeds are used in Ayurvedic and Unani for the treatment of inflammation and rheumatism.