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Butea monosperma - Palāśaḥ

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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

Parts Used

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

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

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

How to plant/cultivate

A tree of drier areas in tropical and subtropical climates growing at low to moderate elevations up to 1,500 metres[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

  • Flowers

  • Individual flower

  • Pods

  • Leaf

  • Pods

  • Leaves

  • Seeds

References

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

External Links

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