Trees & Plants

Hopseed bush

Kudhi-ruuvaali

Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.

Occasional in some islands The wood is hard and durable. The powdered leaves are used to promote healing of wounds, swellings and burns. The plant is used to treat dysentery, digestive disorders and rheumatism and also to stimulate lactation in feeding mothers. or

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uses: The wood is hard and durable. The powdered leaves are used to promote healing of wounds, swellings and burns. The plant is used to treat dysentery, digestive disorders and rheumatism and also to stimulate lactation in feeding mothers. or
family: Sapindaceae
synonym: Ptelea viscosa L., Dodonaea arborea Herter
description: Shrubs to small trees; branches terete, often angled; young parts scurfy × puberulous. Leaves alternate, 1-8 0.2- 1.5 cm, oblanceolate-obovate or broadly elliptic, subacute or shortly apiculate or sometimes notched, abruptly tapering towards the basal end, viscid, with shining yellowish resinous exudation. Inflorescence panicled cymes, up to 7 cm long, lateral nerves up to 35, looping. Flowers greenish yellow. Sepals oblong. Anthers oblong- linear. Capsules membranous, compressed, up to 1.5 cm long, notched at apex and base, 2-3-winged, 1-2-seeded; seeds black.
native range: Australia, India and tropical and subtropical Africa
distribution: Pantropical
english names: Hopseed bush · Switch sorrel · Sand olive
flowering fruiting: January – May
occurrence maldives: Occasional in some islands