Mull kaare

Mull kaare (Meyna laxiflora Robyns) one of the native trees in kodagu is a small armed tree. Strong spines are bent at an acute angle. Flower cymes occur in leaf axils, fascicled on a short peduncle. Flowers are small, greenish-white. Fruit is of the size of a cherry, turbinate, smooth, yellow when ripe, succulent.

Kodava

Mull kaare

Kannada

Gouda kaare

Botanical Name

Meyna laxiflora Robyns

Family

RUBIACEAE

Flowering starts

March

Fruiting ends

June

Uses

Leaves and dried fruits are used to treat narcotic, boils and diphtheria.