Oroxylum INDICUM (L.) Kurz.
| Synonym : | Arthrophyllum ceylanicum Miq. Bignonia indica L. Calosanthes indica (L.) Blume Hippoxylon indica (L.) Raf. Oroxylum flavum Rehder |
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| Bangla Name : | Khona, Sona, Hona, Nasona, Patti, Dinga, Kanak, Kanaidinga, Bhinga (Mymensingh), Thona (Rema-Kalenga). ,Khama (Mogh), Bailya, Taita, Krang-sia-bao (Chakma), Egaroh, Kraat Saba (Marma), Long Kock Sim (Murang), Thakurung (Tipra), Kering, Kharing (Garo), |
| English Name : | Indian Trumpet Flower. |
| Family : | Bignoniaceae |
| Disease : | Expectorant, carminative, stomachic , emollient, , leucoderma, purgative, diaphoretic, rheumatism, astringent , tonic, stomachic, aphrodisiac, anodyne, sudorific and vulnerary, diarrhoea, dysentery, fevers, bronchitis, intestinal worms and dropsy. |
| Description : | A small, glabrous, more or less unbranched, deciduous tree. Leaves very large, 120-180 cm long, bi or tripinnate near the base, unipinnate at the apex, leaflets 6.3-12.5 cm long, ovate-acuminate, turn coppery brown or purplish before shedding. Flowers numerous in large, erect racemes, 30-60 cm long, corolla usually lurid-purple, reaching 10 cm long, fleshy. Fruit an oblong, flat capsule, 45-75 cm long, tapering towards both ends, woody when mature. |
| Distribution : | Occurs in the forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka-Tangail. Also found in village shrubberies and homestead throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark and seeds contain a crystalline bitter substance, oroxylin. Bark also contains alkaloids, glucosides, baicalein, sitosterol and p-coumaric acid. Stem and root bark contain flavone-colouring matters like oroxylin-A, baicalein, chrysin, di-Me-terephtha |
| Uses : | Tender fruits are expectorant, carminative, stomachic and reputed emollient, useful in leucoderma. Seeds are purgative. Stem is used in scorpion-stings. The powder and infusion of the bark are diaphoretic, and useful in acute rheumatism. Root bark is astr |
| Habit : | Tree |