Oroxylum indicum Syonaka Tetuchaal Arlu

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Oroxylum indicum

Scientific Name and Description

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz
Oroxylum indicum (L.) VENT.

Herb Family

Bignoniaceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Bignonia indica L.
Calosanthes indica BLUME
Arthrophyllum ceylanicum Miq.
Arthrophyllum reticulatum Blume ex Miq.
Bignonia indica L.
Bignonia lugubris Salisb.
Bignonia pentandra Lour.
Bignonia quadripinnata Blanco
Bignonia tripinnata Noronha
Bignonia tuberculata Roxb. ex DC.
Calosanthes indica (L.) Blume
Hippoxylon indica (L.) Raf.
Oroxylum flavum Rehder
Oroxylum indicum Vent. nom. inval.[1]
Spathodea indica (L.) Pers.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	arlu, assarsauna, fari, kharkath, pharkhat, pharrai, pharri, sauma, sauna, sauno, shyona, snapatha, sonapatha, sora, syona, tantia, tantia pharhar, tat palanga, tat-palanga, tatplanga, tentu, tetu, ullu, urru
Kannada	aane mungu, aanemungu, alanda, alangi, anemunga, anemungu, arantala, baagi, baagimara, bagi, buna paale, bunepale, dinchalamara, dudunmkara mara, dundu karra, dundukara, heggo gate, heggudatimara, hegguggate, hemmara, hoare mara, hone, hore, konanakombina mara, marasouthe mara, mokka, mokkaa mara, mokkada, nala, nata, patagani mara, salaa mara, shonatha, shukanaasa, sonepatta, sonepatte, sonepatte mara, tattuna, teta, tetu, tetutigadi, thigudi mara, tigadu, tigda
Malayalam	aralu, arantal, chorikonnam, corikkonna, palagapaiyani, palagapayani, palagappayani, palakapaiyana, palakapayani, palakappayana, palakappayyana, palakappayyani, palega-pajaneli, palegapajoneli, payyalanta, peiam, valpathiri, vellapadiri, veluttapatiri
Marathi	davamdak, dhavandaka, dinda, kkharasinga, taitu, tetu, thaentu, thaitu, thetu, titu, ulu
Sanskrit	adhvantashatrava, arala, aralu, araluka, aratu, bhalluka, bhallukah, bhantuka, bhutapushpa, bhutataka, dirghavrintaka, dirghavrnta, dirghavrukah, dundukah, kandarpa, katambhara, katanga, katvanga, kurkata, kutannata, mandukaparna, mandukaparnah, mayurajangha, munduka-purna, nata, nihsarah, ntakah, padavriksha, paripadapa, patrorna, pitangah, prathusimbhi, prithushimba, priyajiva, priyajivi, prthusimba, prthusimbi, putivriksha, ruksha, shallaka, shona, shoshana, shukanasa, shyonaka, sonaka, sukanasa, svarnavalkala, syonaka, syonakah, tintuka, tintukah, tuntuka, vatu, vishanut
Tamil	achi, arandai, aratu, arulacorikkonrai ndai, arulantai, conam, conam, corikonnai, paiyaralantai, palagai-payani, palagaipayani, palaiyudaichi, palaiyudaycci, palaiyutaicci, pana, panamaram, peiarlankei, perum vakai, peruvaagai, peyarulandai, peyarulantai, pudabudham, putapuspam, tirkkaviruttam, tuvakkucaram1, tuvantacattiravam, vangam, vangamaram, veluttapatiri
Telugu	aaku maanu, dondlup, dundilamu, dundillamu, dundillum, dundilum, kaligottu, mandookaparnamu, mandukaparnamu, mokka vepa, mokkavaepa, mokkavepa, nemali chettu, pamania, pamini, pampana, pampena, pampina, pampini, peddakatti, sukanaasamu, sukanasamu
Tibetan	so na ka
Urdu	sona patha
Common names	Indian trumpet tree, oroxylum, Indian trumpet flower, broken bones, scythe tree,tree of Damocles.

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Roots

Stem

Bark

Leaves

Flowers

Fruits

Seeds

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz

Habit -Small tree

Parts used -Seed, stem, leaves, flower, root, bark, fruit

Application -Contraceptive; epilepsy; antibacterial; diarrhoea; dysentery; Fits; Leucorrhoea; Menorrhagia; Tuberculosis; chicken pox; snakebite; centipede bite; rheumatism; gynaecological disorders; scabies; leprosy; pyorrhea

Treatment -General; women

References -Das et al. 2014, Dubey et al. 2012, Lingaraju et al. 2013