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Botanical Name |
Pterocarpus
marsupium Roxb. |
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Family |
Fabaceae |
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Sanskrit Name(s) |
Asana
Beejaka
Pitasara
Priyaka
Sarjaka |
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English Name(s) |
Indian Kino Tree
Malabar Kino Tree |
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Local Name(s) |
Bia (Hin)
Piyasal (Beng)
Hirodakhan (Guj)
Venga (Mal)
Asan (Mar)
Ajar (Assam)
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| Habitat |
| Mainly, the Deccan peninsula, extending to Bihar,
Orissa, Gujrat, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya
Pradesh. |
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| Phytography |
| A Medium to large decidious tree, upto 30 mtrs
tall. Leaves are imparipinnate, leaflets 5 to
7, oblong. Flowers are yellow, scented, in large
panicles. Pods orbicular, flat, winged, upto 5
cms in diameter. Seeds 1 to 2, convex and bony. |
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| Phenology |
| Planting season
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Pre-Monsoons |
| Flowering &
Fruiting |
Spring |
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| Parts Used |
| Gum, leaves, flower, heartwood. |
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| Ayurvedic Properties |
| Rasa |
Kashaya, Tikta |
| Guna |
Laghu, Ruksha |
| Vipaka |
Katu |
| Veerya |
Ushna |
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| Actions & Uses |
| Kino Gum is bitter, styptic, antipyretic, anthelmintic
and astringent, used in diarrhoea, spasmodic gastralgia,
ulcers, fever, etc. Decoction of bark powder is
used in diarrhoea, pyrosis, etc. Leaves used as
poultice in boils, sores and allied skin diseases.
The heartwood is astringent, acrid, haemostatic,
anthelmintic and is used in diabetes, elephantiasis,
inflammation, leprosy, opthalmopathy, gout, rheumatoid
arthritis, cough and asthma. |
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| Chemical Constituents |
| Kinotannic acid, Kinoin, Marsupol, Proptinol,
Carpusin, Propterol, Marsupinol, Pterostilbene,
a non-glucoside tannin - Flavone, certain alchohols,
and related derivatives. |
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