Elaeocarpus sphaericus

Botanical name : Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K.Schum.
Family : Elaeocarpaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Rudraksha, Bhootanasana, Neelakandaksha, Sivaksha Sivapriya

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Madhura
Guna : Guru, Snigdha
Virya : Seeta
Vipaka: Madhura

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Rosery nut, Utrasum bead tree
Hindi : Rudarki, Rudraks
Malayalam : Rudraksham

Distribution – Growing naturally in the central parts of India.

PLANT DESCRIPTION
A medium sized evergreen plant grows up to 25 meters in height. Leaves simple, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, crenate, acute or acuminate, glabrous; flowers white, in axillary racemes, fruits globose drupes, contains stony hard tubercle, contains 5 seeds.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, nervous weakness, insanity, epilepsy, melancholia, mania, other mental disorders, insomnia, headache, jaundice, hypertension and fever.
Useful part : Fruits, Seed kernel.