Pterocarpus marsupium |
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| Description | ||||||
| A medium to large deciduous tree, up to 30 m tall, with grey, rough bark, imparipinnate leaves, 5-7, alternate, elliptic-oblong leaflets, fragrant, golden yellow flowers, in terminal panicles and green, flat, orbicular, winged pods containing 1-2, convex and bony seeds. | ||||||
| Useful part | ||||||
Heartwood, leaves, stem bark, flowers, gum |
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| Medicinal Uses | ||||||
| elephantiasis, inflammations, fractures, bruises, leprosy, skin diseases, leucoderma, diabetes, eye diseases, bleedings, diarrhoea, dysentery, rheumatoid arthritis, cough, asthma, bronchitis, greyness of hair, boils, sores, skin diseases, fevers | ||||||
| Major chemical constituents | ||||||
Kinotannic acid, β-eudesmol, marsupol, carpusin, propterol A & B, marsupinol, selin -4(15)-en-1b, 11-diols, pterostilbene, garbanzol, marsupin, pseudobaptigenin, liquiritigenin, kinoin, kino-red, protocatechuic acid |
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