Bitterroot Restoration

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Putranjivaceae
Common name: Jiaputa, Putranjib(Beng.); Child life tree(Eng.).
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Native Range: Native to the Indian subcontinent.

Drypetes roxburghii is a famous, moderate-sized, evergreen tree, growing up to 12 m in height. It has pendant branches and dark grey bark having horizontal lenticels. Their leaves are simple, alternately arranged, dark green, shiny, elliptic-oblong, distantly serrated.

Their bark and leaves used as medicine; leaves and fruits used as medicine for rheumatism.