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[[File:Butea monosperma - Flame of the Forest flowers at Wayanad (4).jpg|thumb|right|''Palāśaḥ'']]
 
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'''Palāśaḥ''' consists of seed of Butea monosperma. It is a moderate sized deciduous tree. It is native to India upto a height of 1250 m, except in the arid zones.
'''Palāśaḥ''' consists of seed of Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze, syn. B. frondosa Roxb. (Fam. Fabaceae), a moderate sized deciduous tree, commonly called ''Flame of the Forest'', found throughout India upto a height of 1250 m, except in the arid zones.
 
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
 
{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Hookworms}}, {{Uses|Liver disorders}}.
 
{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Hookworms}}, {{Uses|Liver disorders}}.
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Found throughout the drier parts of India}}, {{Commonly seen|Often gregarious in forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Open grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Wastelands}}.
  
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==

Revision as of 17:31, 6 April 2020

Palāśaḥ

Palāśaḥ consists of seed of Butea monosperma. It is a moderate sized deciduous tree. It is native to India upto a height of 1250 m, except in the arid zones.

Uses

Diarrhoea, Wounds, Hookworms, Liver disorders.

Parts Used

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Chemical Composition

The plant contains flavonoids and glucosides—butin, butrin, isobutrin and palastrin. Flowers contain butrin, coreopsin, monospermoside and their derivatives and sulphurein; also chalcones.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Paripinnate Oblong Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long pink Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
oblong pod Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled seeds upto 5 Fruiting throughout the year

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Found throughout the drier parts of India, Often gregarious in forests, Open grasslands, Wastelands.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Chemical composition
  2. [ "Morphology"]
  3. [ "Cultivation detail"]

External Links