Indian Trumpet Tree
Scientific name of Indian Trumpet: Oroxylum indicum
Name of Indian Trumpet in different languages:
English: Broken bones plant, Indian calosanthes, tree of Damocles
Sanskrit: अरलु Aralu, श्योनक Shyonaka, Dunduka
Hindi: भूत वृक्ष bhut-vriksha, दीर्घवृन्त dirghavrinta, शल्लक shallaka
Malayalam: Palakapaiyani പലകപ്പയ്യാനി.
Plant description:
Indian Trumpet Tree - Oroxylum Indicum is a small tall tree grow up to 12 m tall, with large leaf stalks, found in deciduous forests throughout India, leaves are oppositely arranged, brownish-green and soft , 2 to 3 pinnate , length up to 150 cm long, ovate, base round and glabrous; flowers are purplish-red, fruits are capsule, purple-brown, up to 90 cm long, flat and sword-shaped so it has a name in English-Tree of Damocles; seeds are numerous, flattened with broad and with white papery wings.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Oblong | Margin-Entire | Venation-pinnate |
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Useful plant parts:
Root, bark, root bark, leaf, seed, fruit.
Medicinal uses:
Dysentery, Wounds, Rheumatism, Fever
Chemical content:
Flavanoid, oroxilin, baicalein, alkaloids etc
How to prepare medicines:
Ground leaf paste can apply on cheeks to reduce toothache.
Indian Trumpet is the one of the ingredient in the Ayurveda medicines like-
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