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Douda / Kukurval / दौडा / कुकुरवळ / Spotted Sterculia / Sterculia gutata

Local Name: Douda / Kukurval / दौडा / कुकुरवळ

Common Name: Spotted Sterculia

Botanical Name: Sterculia gutata

Status & Habitat

Habitat: Tree

Occurrence: Along margins of evergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests

Season of Availability: September-March

Geography: India, Bangladesh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos

Method of Propagation: Seed propagation

Part used for Propagation: Seeds

Edible Parts

Edible Parts: Seeds

Can be Eaten Raw: No

Method of Consumption

Raw: No

Ripe: No

Both Raw & Ripe: No

Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant

As Food: Seeds may be eaten roasted or raw in handfuls as a famine food; plant consumed as a vegetable.

As Medicine: Can be used as an insecticide to kill mosquitos; Bark provides fiber for cordage and fabrics; Consumed during famine; Seeds eaten raw or roasted during scarcity; Bark and Pogosteman benghalensis leaves crushed for medicinal juice against fever and diarrhea

Cooking Method: Seeds may be eaten roasted or raw in handfuls as a famine food; plant consumed as a vegetable.

Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A

Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: No

Souring Agents Required: N/A

Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

Nutritional Benefit: Contains vitamin A, B and C.

Medicinal Benefit: Used as a famine food and insecticide; helps relieve fever and diarrhea.

Tribal Wisdom

Tribal Wisdom: Can be used as an insecticide to kill mosquitos; Bark provides fiber for cordage and fabrics; Consumed during famine; Seeds eaten raw or roasted during scarcity; Bark and Pogosteman benghalensis leaves crushed for medicinal juice against fever and diarrhea

Recipes

Tribal Recipe: Roast and salt seeds as a snack.