Thilai (Water Mangrove)
Excoecaria agallocha
About Thilai (Water Mangrove)
Thilai (Water Mangrove) (Excoecaria agallocha) is a herb used in the Siddha Medicine tradition to help with Skin Health, Epilepsy, Wound Healing, and Pain. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Excoecaria agallocha, a mangrove species, belongs to the genus Excoecaria of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is common in mangrove swamps from Bangladesh, India in the northwest to Australia in the southeast, within Australia, it thrives from northern New South Wales along the northern coastline around to Western Australia. Given such a wide range, it is understandable that the species has many common names including: Thillai, milky mangrove, blind-your-eye mangrove and river poison tree. Most of the...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist