Vellai Kungiliyam / White Dammer (Raw) – 100 gm

Vellai Kungiliyam / White Dammer (Raw) – 100 gm

Botanical Name : Vateria Indica Linn
English Name : White Dammer
Tamil Name : Vellai Kungiliyam
Hindi Name : , Safed dammar , Kharuva
Malayalam Name : Vella
Telugu Name : Tella Damaramu

About :
White Dammar is an evergreen tall tree, found in Western ghats elevation more than 1200 m, grow up to 40 m tall, bark is greyish, smooth, young branchlets are hairy and round. Leaves are alternately arranged, simple, spirally, Leaf-stalks are 3.5 cm, enlarged at apex, leaves are 27 cm and 10 cm broad, elliptic-oblong, apex abruptly long-pointed or blunt, base round or heart-shaped, margin entire, leathery. Flowers are white, anthers yellow, borne in panicles in the leaf axils, fruits are the capsule, pale brown, oblong, up to 6.4cm and 3.8 cm, one seeded.

Benefits :
Amenorrhoea
Dysmenorrhoea
Bronchitis
Tubercular glands
Hemicranias
Chronic rheumatism
Haemorrhoids
Neuralgia