Scientific Name
Prinsepia utilis Royle
Synonyms
Family
Rosaceae
Local Name
Palara
Habit Habitat
A spiny shrub up to 3m tall, found in sub-tropical, temperate and
sub-alpine zones.
sub-alpine zones.
Taxonomic Features
Leaves simple, elliptic to narrow-lanceolate, margin entire or minutely toothed. Inflorescence a raceme, axillary or on short branches, many flowered. Flower in clusters, white, borne in axial of spines, 7-15mm across. Calyx cup-shaped with 5 unequal rounded lobes. Petals round. Fruit a drupe, oblong-cylindrical, fleshy, dark purple, one-seeded.
Flowering Fruiting
April-November
Harvesting Time
August-December
Medicinal Value
Locally seed oil is used in rheumatism and weakness of bones. Plant
extract and fruit cake is useful in ringworm, eczema and other skin diseases.
extract and fruit cake is useful in ringworm, eczema and other skin diseases.
Parts Used
Flower, fruit cake and leaf
Future Prospective
Collection, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy, Oil Extraction.
Plant Images
Prinsepia utilis Royle