NOUN | plant | Holarrhena antidysenterica, ivory tree, conessi, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens | tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea |
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Meaning | Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea. | |
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Synonyms | ivory tree, conessi, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens | |
Member of | Holarrhena, genus Holarrhena | genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia |
Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
Spanish | conessi, kurchi | |
Catalan | conessi, kurchi |
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