Pterocarpus santalinus |
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| Description | ||||||
| A small to medium-sized tree, 10-12 m tall, with blackish-brown bark, exuding deep red juice when cut, imparipinnate leaves, 3, ovate-orbicular leaflets, showy yellow flowers, in branched racemes and winged, flat pods containing reddish-brown, smooth seeds. | ||||||
| Useful part | ||||||
Heartwood, fruits, stem bark |
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| Medicinal Uses | ||||||
| headache, burning sensation, vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, boils, scorpion sting, skin diseases, leprosy, ulcers, bleedings, inflammations, fever, eye diseases, general debility, mental aberrations, semen coagulation | ||||||
| Major chemical constituents | ||||||
lupenone, epilupeol, lupeol, eudesmol, pterocarpolone, pterocarpol, cryptomeridiol |
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