Ehretia aspera
Willd.
Boraginaceae
Common Name:
General Information
Ehretia aspera is a
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
E. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, southern China, northern Australia
Habitat
Lowland rain forest or on the boundary between rain forest and open forest or the boundary between rain forest and sclerophyll forest; at elevations up to 300 metres[
713- Title
- Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants
- Publication
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- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
].
Properties
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
The globular fruits are soft, sweet and juicy, around 6 - 8mm in diameter[
713- Title
- Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants
- Publication
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- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
]. This report does not specifically say that the fruit is edible[
K- Title
- Plants for a Future
- Author
- Ken Fern
- Description
- Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
].
Medicinal
The leaves, fruit and root extract is used in the treatment of chest infections[
1713- Title
- Ethnobotanical Studies of Useful Trees of District Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- Publication
- Biologia (Pakistan) 2014, 60 (1), 63-71
- Author
- Muhammad Ajaib & Zaheer-Ud-Din Khan
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
- 2313-206X
- Description
-
].
Bark paste is applied as an ointment for cuts and wounds[
782- Title
- Ethnobotany of the Valaiyans of Karandamalai, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Publication
- Ethnobotanical Leaflets 12: 195-203.
- Author
- Kottaimuthu. R.
- Website
- http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ebl
- Publisher
- The Berkeley Electronic Press
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Terse information on the medicinal uses of plants by a tribe of people in southern India. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Other Uses
Young branches are used as a tooth brush[
856- Title
- Traditional Ethnomedicinal Knowledge Confined to the Pawra Tribe of Satpura Hills, Maharashtra, India.
- Publication
- Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 98-115.
- Author
- Jagtap S.D.; Deokule S.S.; Pawar P.K.; Harsulkar A.M.
- Website
- http://www.ethnoleaflets.com/
- Publisher
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- Year
- 2009
- ISBN
- 1948-3570
- Description
- Information on the traditional medicinal use of plants by the Pawra tribe in Maharashtra, India. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
