Erythrina VARIEGATA L. var. orientalis (L.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Chirocalyx indicus Walp. Erythrina picta L. Gelala alba Rumphius Tetradapa javanorum Osbeck |
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| Bangla Name : | Palitamadar, Paniamadar, Raktamadar, Mandar, Madar. , Bol-mandal, Mandal (Garo), Thai Po (Marma). |
| English Name : | Indian Coral Tree. |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Stomachic, anthelmintic, laxative, diuretic, gatactagogue, emmenagogue, venereal buboes, pain, inflammations, earache, toothache, astringent, febrifuge anti-bilious, anthelmintic, dysentery and ophthalmia. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized armed, deciduous tree. Leaves 3-foliolate, 15-30 cm long, leaflets 10-15 cm long, broadly rhomboid-ovate, acute or acuminate. Flowers bright red, appearing before the leaves, in dense racemes, 10-20 cm long. Pods 12.5-30 cm long, subcylindric, distinctly torulose. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar and Sylhet, also planted throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves and bark contain a large number of isoquinoline alkaloids including erysotrine (major), erysodine, erysovine, erysonine, erysopitine, erysodienone, ethyraline hydrochloride and hypaphorine, erythrinine and de-N-methyl oreintaline. Bark also contain |
| Uses : | Leaves are stomachic, anthelmintic, laxative, diuretic, gatactagogue and emmenagogue, applied externally for dispersing venereal buboes, relieve pain of the joints and inflammations, juice is poured in to the ear to relief earache and is used as an anodyn |
| Habit : | Tree |