Common and often gregarious on stony slopes and rocky hillsides with sand and thorn scrub; little touched by cattle and goats. The red powder on the fruits can be used for dyeing silk and wool, and also as an antiseptic and anthelminthic. Common Names: in English: kamala, kamala dye, kamala tree, monkey face tree, red berry, red kamala in China: cu kang chai, lu song qiu mao in India: adavigabathodu, adavigubatada, adavigubbathadu, adavigubbathuda, adavigubbatuda, adivigubatadu, avam, bahupushpa, ban sindur, bems, benduruppu, bol-khingkhang, bol khing khang, camela, candrahittu, cendiramu, cenkolli, chandra, chandra hittu, chandrahittu, chendiramu, chendra, chendurapu, chenkolli, cinturamaram, corungamanje, cuvannakecari, cuvarnakecari, dholo, dieng chandon, etthunaalige, ettunalige, honne, hulicellu, hulichellu, hulichendu, hullichellu, jirul, jorat, kabilam, kabilappodi, kaesari maavu, kage-em-bang, kamal, kamala, kamalai,...