Bio Diversity Park

Common Name : False White Teak

Hindi Name : पिण्डालु , पिण्डार | Scientific Name : Mallotus nudiflorus
Family : Euphorbiaceae
Uses : The plant is used to remove swellings, bile and phlegm. A decoction of the root is used to relieve flatulence. Applied externally, the root decoction is used to relieve gout and rheumatic afflictions. The white wood is soft, not durable. The wood is a good one for purposes for which a soft wood is required but, like most of the soft white woods, it has to be cut up when green and seasoned in dry air if it is to retain its white colour and not get discoloured of a muddy grey. It is used for drums and for agricultural implements.
Native: Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan, SE. Guangxi) and Philippines
General Description:

It is a large deciduous tree, growing to 10-20 m tall, with a smooth grey bark. Oppositely arranged ovate leaves, 7-17 cm long, are heart- shaped at the base and have tapering tips. Leaf-stalks are 3-7 cm long. Flowers small, greenish. Male flowers are borne in 7-19 cm long racemes, carried on slender stalks. Female flowers are borne singly on long stalks. Fruit is round, with 2-4 compartments, 2-4 cm in diameter, smooth or hairy, exocarp thick and fleshy. Flowering: December-March.