Dalchini or Tejpat
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Common
name: Indian bay leaf
Nepali name: Dalchini, Tejpat
Latin name: Cinnamomum tamala
Family: Lauraceae
Nepali name: Dalchini, Tejpat
Latin name: Cinnamomum tamala
Family: Lauraceae
Description:
Dalchini is a medium size tree with leaves and bark that smell like cinnamon.
It grows all along the Himalaya at elevations between 450 and 2,000 meters.
Medicinal value:
The leaves and bark are used to make astringents, stimulants, and carminatives.
They are also used to rheumatism, colic, and diarrhea.
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