Beleric

Beleric is a large deciduous tree of the combretum family, common on the plains and lower hills of South and Southeast Asia, where it is also grown as an avenue tree. Its leaves are good fodder for cattle, and the seeds, called bedda nuts, are about 40 per cent oil. In Ayurveda the fruit is called bibhitaki, and it is one of the fruits of the rasayana preparation triphala; the Charaka Samhita says it relieves disease and gives longevity, intellect and strength. The nuts seem to have served as dice in the Mahabharata and the Rigveda, and the Lodha people eat the kernels for their mind-altering qualities. A source quoted on the page says that Hindus in northern India avoid the tree, believing demons live in it.