Oroxylum indicum, Palakapayyani, Veluthapathiri, Indian trumpet flower, പലകപ്പയ്യാനി, വെളുത്തപാതിരി

Family: Bignoniaceae
Vernacular names: Palakapayyani, Veluthapathiri, പലകപ്പയ്യാനി, വെളുത്തപാതിരി (Malayalam), Indian trumpet flower (English), Syonaka (Sanskrit), Arlu (Hindi), Achi, Vangam (Tamil)
Distribution: South India and Sri Lanka
Description: Medium trees; bark brownish-grey. Leaves compound, 2-3 pinnate, pinnae 5-9; imparipinnate, opposite. Flowers bisexual, in lax terminal racemes, reddish-purple outside, pinkish-yellow within, racemes long. Fruit a capsule, 2-valved, compressed, tapering at both end; seeds winged all around except at base.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: July-December

Parts used: Root, bark, leaves and fruit
Properties & Uses: Anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory, aphrodisiac and expectorant. Root is used in the treatment of indigestion, fever, cough, diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal pain, rheumatism, vomiting, leprosy and bronchitis. The fruit is an expectorant and help to improve appetite.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
Conservation Status: Endangered.
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