Kankero
Common on waste lands on low hills, it is a small tree with white bark, often
spiny. Axillary spines are born at a node. Leaves are thick and ovate. Flowers
white, born on stem and spines giving appearance of dichasial cyme. Fruits are globose bilocular and purple coloured. Flowering and fruiting in November to February.
Part used: Leaf and Fruit
Usage: An ointment prepared by mixing burnt leaves ash and butter heals the wounds. Leaf juice is taken for treating jaundice and other liver disorders. Paste of leaves is anti-inflammatory. The fruits are sweet, digestible, cooling and blood purifying. They are used to treat ulcers, piles and corneal opacities.
Agrotechniques : It commonly occurs in scrublands and Agrotechniques are yet to be standardized. It can be grown by the stem cuttings.