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Sapium sebiferum
Vegetable tallow
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Latin Name: Sapium sebiferum
Synonyms: Croton sebiferus. Stillingia sebifera.
Common Name: Vegetable tallow
Family: Euphorbiaceae(Click to Search)
Author: (L.)Roxb.
Known Hazards: The sap is poisonous[200].
Habitat: Found wild in the foothills around Dehra Dun[146].
Mature Height: 9
Mature Width: 5
Habit: Tree
Medicinal Uses: The leaves and the roots are depurative, diuretic and laxative[4, 147, 178]. A decoction is used in the treatment of oedema, constipation, poisoning by two plants - Polygonum perfoliatum and Tripterygium wilfordii, skin diseases etc[147, 218]. The leaves are particularly useful for treating boils[218].
The seed is antidote, emetic, hydragogue and purgative[218]. In China it is taken internally, which is a rather questionable practice considering its toxic nature[218].
The rootbark is diuretic[218]. It is used in the treatment of snake bites and skin ulcers[218].
The juice of the tree (the sap is probably meant here[K]) is acrid and vesicant[240].
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