Vateria indicais a species of plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

 in the Dipterocarpaceae

Dipterocarpaceae

Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 17 genera and approximately 500 species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus Dipterocarpus, is derived from Greek and refers to the two-winged fruit...

 family. It is endemic to India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is threatened by habitat loss.
This tree grows like a palm but has blunt thorns along its trunk.

Uses

The resin extracted by scratching the tree's bark is used as a natural incense in India. The stilbenoids in resins have been shown to have some anti-tumour effects. The resin is used as an Ayurvedic

Ayurveda

Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...

medicine.

Source

• Ashton, P. 1998. Vateria indica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
• Anti tumor effects of stilbenoids from Vateria Indica http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/anefofstilfr.html