Pterocarpus marsupium Asana Damulakhwain Vijaysar

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Pterocarpus marsupium

Scientific Name and Description

Pterocarpus marsupium ROXB.

Herb Family

Fabaceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Pterocarpus marsupium f. acuminata (Prain) Prain
Pterocarpus marsupium f. acuta Prain
Pterocarpus marsupium f. biloba (Roxb. ex G. Don) Prain

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	east indian kino, gamalu, maidu, malabar kino
Hindi	banda, bebla, beeya, bia, bija, bija sal, bija-sal, bijasal, bijasar, bijesar, bijesar-ka-per, biya, hira-dokhi, hiradokhi, kholar-manda, peisar, piasai, piasal, pitasara, pitshola, rang-barat, vijayasar
Kannada	baenga mara, bange, bendaga mara, benga, bengai, bengha, bethonne, bhiyero, bibbla, bibla, bija, hane, hane mara, hanemara, hannemara, hond, hone, honnai, honne, honne mara, kempu honne, netrahonne, nettaruhonne, nettharu honne, netturuhonne, olehonne, olle honne, ollehonne, raktahonne, raktha honne, roktahonne
Malayalam	honne, karintakara, karinthagara, malantakara, venga, vengai, vengay, venna, venna-maram, veuga
Marathi	asaaha, asan, asana, bibla, bivala, dhorbenla, honi, honne, huni, paleasan
Sanskrit	asana, asanah, bandhukapushpa, bija, bijaka, bijakah, bijavriksha, mahakutaja, mahasarja, nilaka, paramayudha, pitasala, pitasalaka, pitasara, pitashala, priyaka, priyasalaka, sauri
Tamil	acamai, acanapanni,anaitteri, anaitterimaram, asanam, atimuttakam, cakkiravan, cantanati, carutacam, carutakam, carutakamaram, caruvacatakam, carvacaram, carvacatakam, carvavetikam, carvavetikamaram, cenkira, cenkiravirutcam, cevvenkai, cevvenkaimaram, cikaivenkai, cikaivenkaimaram, cipantanalam, citalaippalam, citalaippulavu, citalappalam, citalappulavu, cittaromacan, civakam, civakamaram, civikatitam, civikatitamaram, iraticuttakam, irattakura, irattatturu, irattavenkai, kalakantamkanavutiram, kanavutiravirutcam, kandamiruga-mirattan, kani, kani, kanivenkai, kanivenkaimaram, karuvenkai, katuppekikam, katuppekikamaram, kayatapumaram, kirusnavirutcam, kuntalvirikam, kuntalvirikamaram, kurinji, natcattirakkatci, nattuvenkai, necicantana, nemicantana#, nemicantana nemicantanamaram, neyccarikam, neyccarikamaram, ooderie vaynghie, pankal, peppikanam, peyartanam, peyartanam, peyartanam, peyatanam pidagaragam, pidasaralam, piracantan, piracaram, pirakaram, pirasaram, piriyakam , piriyakam , pitacalam , pitacaram , pitacarati, pitacaratimaram, pitakarakam, pitakaram, pontai , pontu , potaki , potakimaram, puli , pulimaram, pulimaram, putpantakam, putpaviccakam, rekam, romavenkai, romavenkaimaram, sarudagam, sarvasadagam, talini, tamam, tamaraivaki, tamarkkavaki, tamarkkavam, tamarkkavamaram, tamira, tamiravirutcam, tamisu, tannani#, tannani@, tannini, tanninu, timicam, timicu, timili, tintacam, tipicu, ukiram2, ukiramaram, umparomavenkai, uroman, uromavenkai, uromavenkaimaram, uruttiravenkai, utarakirimaram, utirakiri, utiraromavenkai, utiravenkai, utirvenkai, uyirvi, uyirvikam, uyirvikamaram, uyirvimaram, vacantaputpam, vanculam , vanculamaram, vantunamaram, vattuvenkai, vellai , vengai, vengai-maram, venkai, venkai-c-ciray, venkaimaram, vetavenkai, vicuvaci, vicuvacimaram, viram , viramaram , virutcacam
Telugu	aine, asana, beddagi, beeja saramu, egi, egisa, egisi, peddagi, peddavegisa, peddavesiga, peddayegi, peddegi, pedega, pedegu, pedei, vegi, vegisa, vengisa, vengisi, vengsha, yagisa, yeanga, yeangesha, yega, yegeshi, yeggi, yeggie, yegi, yegisa, yegise, yegisha, yegishi, yegishie, yegisi, yerra yegisa
Tibetan	a sa na (p), sa ma na
Urdu	bijasar, dam al akhwain, dam-ul-akhwain, damul-akhwain, damulakhvain, gond china ar dhak
Common names	Malabar kino, Indian kino,

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Stem

Bark

Wood

Fruits

Seeds

Resin

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb

Habit -Tree

Parts used -Whole plan

Application -Diabetes; labour pains; fertility; jaundice; menorrhegia; stomachache; menstural problems; body pain; toothache; mouth ulcers; skin diseases; fever

Treatment -General

References -Chopda and Mahajan 2009, Jain 2004