Calophyllum apetalum Willd.
Synonym C. wightianum T. Anders. Family Guttferae Clusiaceae.
Habitat The evergreen forests of Western Ghats up to 330 m.
Siddha/Tamil Shirupinnai.
Action Resin—antiphiogistic, anodyne. Seed oil—antileprotic.
The leaves, stem, bark and root contain friedelin. Leaves also contain canophyllol and a triterpene lactone; stem, beta-amyrin; bark, apetalic acid. Heartwood contains a clathrate named wightianone palmitic acid. Wood contains mesoinositol.