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CLASSIFICATION

ORDER	: Sapindales
FAMILY	: Sapindaceae
GENUS	: Dodonaea Mill.
SPECIES	: viscosa (L.) Jacq.
BOTANICAL NAME	: Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
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COMMON NAME	: Hop bush.
TAMIL NAME	: Virali.
HINDI NAME	: Sanatta.

PLANT DESCRIPTION

HABIT:  Hop Bush is a shrub growing to 1-3 m tall, rarely a small tree to 10 m tall. It is commonly called 'hop bush' because the colourful fruits resemble the fruits used in brewing.

LEAVES:  The leaves are simple elliptical, 6-13 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, and secrete a resinous substance.

FLOWER:  The flowers are yellow to orange-red, produced in short racemes.

FRUIT:  The fruit is a capsule 2 cm broad, red ripening brown, with three wings.

MEDICINAL USES

An infusion of the plant of Dodonaea viscosa (D. viscosa) was used by the Omanis and other nations to cure a variety of ailments for many years.

The plant was considered as a laxative, spasmolytic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and hypotensive agents.

Dodonaea viscosa was traditionally used to treat rheumatism, skin infections, diarrhea, stomachaches, discomfort from the liver or spleen, uterine colic, and other problems involving smooth muscles.

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