| Author : (Lam.) Taub. |
| Family : Fabaceae |
| Habit: Tree |
| Sanskrit: Palashah |
| English:Flame of the forest, Bastard teak, Bengal Kino tree |
A medium-sized, deciduous tree, with up to 15 m tall, with bluish grey or light brown bark, long-petioled, 3-foliolate leaves, leaflets broadly ovate from a cuneate or deltoid base, dark brown flower buds, bright orange-red flowers in long racemes and pendulous, silky tomentose pods containing single, flat, reniform seed at its apex.
Bark, leaves, flowers, seeds, gum, roots
malabsorption syndrome, abdominal lump, wounds, diarrhoea, dysentery, intestinal worms, bone fractures, diseases, gonorrhoea, liver, skin, rectal and eye diseases, ulcers, bleeding piles, tumours, diabetes, septic sore throat, cold, cough, fever, menstrual disorders, pimples, boils, flatulence, colic, worm infestations, inflammation, sprains, leprosy, arthritis, burning sensation, in birth, herpes, ringworm, epilepsy, constipation general debility, hyperacidity, elephantiasis, night blindness
Butin, butrin butein, isobutrin, monospermoside, isomonospermoside, coreopsin, palastrin, butrin, isocoreopsin, sulphurein, β-sitosterol, free amino acids, leucocyanidin, palasimide, palasonin, aleurilic acid, δ-lactone of n-heneicosanoic acid, α-amyrin, monospermin, jalaric esters I & II, laccijalaric esters III & IV