Indian tulip tree
Scientific name of Indian tulip tree: Thespesia populnea
Name of Indian tulip tree in different languages:
English: Portia Tree, Milo tree, Tulip tree
Sanskrit: Phalish, Kapichudha, Kapitana, Pushpashvattha, Nandi vriksha
Malayalam: Poovarasu പൂവരശ്ശ്.
Plant description:
It is a medium tree, evergreen bushy tree, grows up to 35 ft tall, the leaves are heart-shaped, tapered at apex, length up to 5 cm, resembles the leaves of Banyan tree, the flowers are cup-shaped, yellow and a maroon eye at center, that changes to purple when age. The fruits are apple-shaped.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-heart shaped | Margin-Entire | Venation-parallel |
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Useful plant parts:
Bark, leaf, seed, flower
Medicinal uses:
To increase blood counts, dysentery and hemorrhoids, skin diseases, blood pressure.
Chemical content:
How to prepare medicines: 4-5 leaves of Portia tree boil in 1 liters of water and use daily to drink can increase counts after the chemotherapy of Cancer patients.
It is one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-
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