{"id":5266,"date":"2018-12-11T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=5266"},"modified":"2018-12-11T11:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T11:07:30","slug":"mathi-mara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/mathi-mara\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathi Mara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matti&nbsp;tree&nbsp;is one of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/native-trees-of-kodagu\/\">native trees<\/a>&nbsp;in Kodagu&nbsp;. This is a hard-wooded tree Tribals such as \u2018Jenu Kurubas\u2019 and \u2018Beta Kurubas,\u2019 relied on the<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5269 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Terminalia_elliptica_5781528504-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Terminalia_elliptica_5781528504-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Terminalia_elliptica_5781528504-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Terminalia_elliptica_5781528504-1024x931.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/> Matti tree for water, on account of its scarcity in the forest. Interestingly, they cut the bark of this tree and one or two litres of water would emerge from it, as if running from a pipe! It is also called the \u2018Water Making Matti Tree\u2019 due to this.It is a&nbsp;tree&nbsp;growing to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 1 m. The&nbsp;fruit&nbsp;is ovoid, 3&nbsp;cm long, with five wings not extending beyond the fruit apex<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kodava<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mathi Mara<\/p>\n<h2><strong>English<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>crocodile bark<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kannada<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mathi Mara<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Botanical Name&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Terminalia elliptica<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Family&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Combretaceae<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Uses<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The wood is used for&nbsp;furniture.The leaves are used as food by silkworms&nbsp;which produce the tassar silk.The bark is used medicinally against&nbsp;diarrhoea.&nbsp;. The bark and especially the fruit yield&nbsp;pyrogallol&nbsp;and&nbsp;catechol&nbsp;to&nbsp;dye&nbsp;and&nbsp;tan&nbsp;leather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matti&nbsp;tree&nbsp;is one of the&nbsp;native trees&nbsp;in Kodagu&nbsp;. This is a hard-wooded tree Tribals such as \u2018Jenu Kurubas\u2019 and \u2018Beta Kurubas,\u2019 relied on the Matti tree for water, on account of its scarcity in the forest. 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