Yellow snake tree

Scientific name of yellow snake tree: Stereospermum colais

Family: Bignoniaceae

Name of Yellow snake tree in different languages:-

English: yellow snake tree, Fragrant Padiry tree, Trumpet flower tree

Sanskrit: पाटल patal, पाटला patala, पाटलि patali

Hindi: पारल paral, पारोली paroli, पाटल patal

Malayalam: കരിങ്ങഴ karingazha, പാതിരി-Pathiry, പൂപ്പാതിരി Puppaathiri,  

Tamil:  பாடலம் patalam, பாதிரி patiri, புன்காலி punkali

Plant description:

Yellow snake tree is a deciduous tree grow to 18-30 m in height with a straight trunk and fairly smooth yellowish brown bark. It found throughout India, in deciduous forests up to 1,200 m. altitude; the bark is light brown or dark with corkey lenticels. leaves are bi-pinnately arranged and very large, and about 90-180 cm. The leaflets are 2 to 4 pairs, ovate or elliptic, and glabrous. The flowers are reddish purple outside, pale pinkish yellow inside, fruits are flat capsules, length up to 1, tapered at both ends, woody, seeds very many, flat, white-winged, which is helpful to fly in the wind to get germinate.

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Oblong	Margin-Entire	Venation-Reticulated

Useful plant parts:

The roots, leaves, fruit, flowers and seeds.

Medicinal uses:

To treat Vata, Kapha, cardiac disorders, inflammations, dropsy, hiccough, cough, asthma, bronchitis, anorexia, diarrhea, dysentery, gout, vomiting, sprain, wounds, stomachic, and flatulence.

The roots are useful in dyspepsia, diarrhoea, strangury, renal and vesical calculi, cough, asthma, hiccough, dyspepsia, haemorrhoids, hyper acidity, vomiting, dropsy, fever and general debility. The leaves are useful in otalgia, odontalgia, rheumatalgia, malarial fever and wounds. The flowers are useful in burning sensation, cardiopathy, hiccough and general debility. The fruits are useful in vata and pitta. The seeds are useful for external application in hemicrania

Medicinal Properties:

The roots are bitter, acrid, anti inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, aphrodisiac, cardio-tonic, astringent, anodyne, appetizer, constipating, diuretic, lithontriptic, expectorant, antibacterial, febrifuge and tonic. The fruits and flowers are sweet, cooling and astringent

It is used as an ingredient in the Ayurveda medicine like:

Dasamoolarishtam

Dhanwanthararishtam

Ajamamsa Rasayanam

Aragwadhadi ghrita

Dasasmoolam kashayam

Dasamoola Panchakoladi Kashayam

Elakanadi Kashayam

Dhanwantharam Kuzhambu

Sahacharadi Kuzhambu

Brihat Dashamoola Tailam

Kumkumadi Tailam

Maharajaprasarini Thailam

Mushikadi Taila

Narayana thailam

Prabhanjana Vimardanam Thailam

Rasnadi Thailam

Sahacharadi Thailam

Brihat Chagaladya Ghrita

Dashamoola Ghrita

Dashamoola Shatpala Ghrita

Lashunadi Ghrita

Maha Panchagavya Ghrita