• Asand / आसंद / Spinous Kino Tree / Bridelia retusa
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Asand / आसंद / Spinous Kino Tree / Bridelia retusa

Local Name: Asand / आसंद

Common Name: Spinous Kino Tree

Botanical Name: Bridelia retusa

Asand / आसंद / Spinous Kino Tree / Bridelia retusa

Status & Habitat

  • Habitat: Tree

  • Occurrence: Moist deciduous forests, mixed forest, riverbanks, rocky places

  • Season of Availability: June-September

  • Geography: South and Southeast Asia

  • Method of Propagation: Seeds or wood cuttings

  • Part used for Propagation: Seeds or softwood pieces

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Fruits & Bark

  • Can be Eaten Raw: No

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: No

  • Ripe: No

  • Both Raw & Ripe: No

  • Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant

  • As Food: Ripe fruits can be eaten.

  • As Medicine: N/A

  • Cooking Method: Fruits eaten ripe; otherwise used medicinally.

  • Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A

  • Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: N/A

  • Souring Agents Required: N/A


Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

  • Nutritional Benefit: Astringent

  • Medicinal Benefit: Helps with urinary infections and rheumatism; astringent.

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Bark helps remove urinary infections; bark helps treat rheumatism.

Recipes

  • Tribal Recipe: Bark helps remove urinary infections; bark helps treat rheumatism.