Adenanthera PAVONINA L.
| Synonym : | Adenanthera pavonina var. Pavonina Adenanthera gersenii Scheff. Adenanthera polita Miq. Corallar |
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| Bangla Name : | Rakta Kambal, Ranjan, Rakta Kanchan. |
| English Name : | Red wood. |
| Family : | Mimosaceae |
| Disease : | boils, cholera,general paralysis and inflammation |
| Description : | A small tree. Leaves 2-pinnate, leaflets oblong, alternate. Flowers small, pale yellow, in short-peduncled axillary and terminal racemes. Pods 15-22 cm long, flat, falcately curved, valves spirally twisted after dehiscence. Seeds lenticular-globose, brilliant scarlet. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet, occasionally planted. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant contains robinetin, chalcone, butein, ampelopsin (dihydromyricetin) and dihydrorobinetin, ether extract of wood contains 2, 4- dihydroxybenzoic acid as major constituent. Bark contains saponins which on hydrolysis and methylation yield Meodeanolate |
| Uses : | Seeds are used for boils, cholera, general paralysis and inflammation. Decoction of the seeds is used in pulmonary affections, and externally applied in chronic ophthalmia. A decoction of the leaves or bark is a remedy for chronic rheumatism, gout, haemat |
| Habit : | small tree |