Indian Kino
Scientific name of Indian Kino: Pterocarpus maruspium
Name of Indian Kino in different languages:
English: Indian Kino Tree, Malabar kino, Gummy Kino, Benga
Sanskrit: Bijaka, Pitasala, Asana
Hindi: Vijayasara
Malayalam: Venga വേങ്ങ, Bijaka ബിജക
Plant description:
Indian Kino or Venga (Pterocarpus maruspium) is a tropical forest, Westerns Ghats deciduous tree, up to the altitude of 1000m., it grows to 30m tall, leaves are green, ovate, tapered apex, hard and sized up to 13 cm long and 5 cm wide, flowers are yellow borne in clusters, fragrant, found in branch ends, fruits is single and winged, bark is grey, rough, produced a red resin.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Oblong | Margin-Entire | Venation-pinnate |
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Useful plant parts:
Heartwood, leaves, flowers
Medicinal uses:
Treatment of inflammation and diabetes, dysentery, remove fat from blood and antibiotic.
Chemical content:
Astringent, pterostilbene, epicatechin, pterostilbene, kinotannic acid, beta-eudesmol, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, Pterostilbene, Alkaloids, Tannins, marsupol, kinoin, kino-red liquiritigenin, pterosupin.
How to prepare medicines of Indian Kino:
Heartwood decoction is useful to treat diabetic problems.
Indian Kino is the one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-
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