- Synonym
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Toddalia bilocularis Wight & Arn.
- Family
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Rutaceae.
- Habitat
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North Kanara, forests of Malabar, Annamalai and Travancore, up to 1,200 m.
- Ayurvedic
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Krishna-Agaru. (In South India V. bilocularis is used as Krishna-Agaru and Dysoxylum labricum Bedd. ex Hiern as Shveta-Agaru.)
- Siddha/Tamil
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Devadaram.
- Action
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Wood—extract in oil is used for rheumatic swellings and skin diseases. Root—used for biliousness.
Alkaloids from stem bark included kokusaginine, skimmianine, flindersiamine, evoxanthine, N-methylacridone derivatives, maculine and veprisone. The leaves contain a triterpenoid, lupeol.
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