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<h3><img style="max-width: 100%; height: 533px; float: right;" src="https://static.vikaspedia.in/mediastorage/filestorage/20260824234617_Baikal.webp" alt="Uploaded Image" width="426">Plant Name</h3>
<p>Baikal</p>
<h3>Family</h3>
<p>Celastraceae</p>
<h3>Botanical Name</h3>
<p><em>Gymnosporia montana </em>(Roth) Benth.</p>
<h3>Common Name</h3>
<p>Vikalo, Vikaro, Vico, Red Spike Thorn</p>
<h3>Habit</h3>
<p>A thorny, bushy, shrub, with grey or greyish-brown, rough bark</p>
<h3>Leaves</h3>
<p>Elliptic-obovate, obovate-oblong or spathulate-oblong</p>
<h3>Flowers</h3>
<p>Creamy white, much branched cymes</p>
<h3>Fruit</h3>
<ul>
<li>Capsule globose, glabrous, reddish-purple</li>
<li>Seeds glabrous, chestnut-brown, enclosed in brown aril</li>
</ul>
<h3>Flowering and Fruiting Time</h3>
<p>November-February</p>
<h3>Habitat</h3>
<p>Scrub jungles</p>
<h3>Used In</h3>
<ul>
<li>Traditional management of skin disease</li>
<li>Jaundice</li>
<li>Digestive disorders</li>
<li>Inflammation</li>
<li>Ulcers</li>
<li>Piles</li>
<li>Enlarged spleen</li>
<li>Chewing leaves also reduce thirst</li>
</ul>
<h3>Parts Used</h3>
<p>Leaves, Stems, Roots, Bark, Fruits and Seeds</p>
<h3>Distribution</h3>
<p>Karnataka: Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district.</p>
<p><strong>Sources</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="External website that opens in a new window" href="https://moef.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&amp;CC)</a></li>
<li><a title="External website that opens in a new window" href="https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=2544&amp;cat=7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flora of Peninsular India</a></li>
<li><a title="External website that opens in a new window" href="https://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/shrub/gymnosporia-montana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">E-Flora of Gandhinagar</a></li>
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