Gangren
Most common shrub growing amongst Euphorbia bushes on the rocky gravelly wastelands and forests of the area. Leaves broadly ovate and coarsely dentate. Flowers in leaf opposed short contracted branches and white coloured. Fruit a drupe, deep orange yellow when ripe. Flowering and fruiting in August to October, September to December.
Part used : Stem and Root bark
Usage : Stem bark decoction is effective in cough and muscular pain. Mucilage of the bark is used in the treatment of tuberculosis in hilly areas. Fruits eaten by villagers to quench thirst during summer season. It has
cooling effect. Decoction of fruit is used to cure asthma, cough and urinary problems.
Agrotechniques : Abundant in wild hence Agrotechniques yet to be standardized. It can be grown through seeds.