Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Pterolobium hexapetalum
Scientific Name and Description
Pterolobium hexapetalum (ROTH) SANT. & WAGH
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Caesalpinia lacerans Roxb.
Caesalpinia ligulata DC.
Cantuffa hexapetala (Roth) Kuntze
Cantuffa lacerans (Roxb.) Taub.
P. indicum A.Rich.
P. lacerans auct. non R. Br.
Reichardia hexapetala Roth
Caesalpinia ligulata DC.
Cantuffa hexapetala (Roth) Kuntze
Cantuffa lacerans (Roxb.) Taub.
P. indicum A.Rich.
P. lacerans auct. non R. Br.
Reichardia hexapetala Roth
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Kannada | baadu bakka, baadu bakkana mullu, bada bakka, kabali mullu |
| Telugu | chirukotigoru, errasikaaya, gurrapugacha, guvva korinda, kodimudusu, korinda, kotigooru, pulithodugu, sanna korinda, valakaduda, vallikatura, walekadooda (for pterolobium i, yerrachikai, yerrachiku, yerraseengai, yerrasiku |
| Common Names | Indian redwing, camp siege bhoca, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Wood
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Pterolobium hexapetalum (Roth) Santapau and Wagh
Habit -Shrub
Parts used -Leaves, bark, wood
Application -Reduces delivery pain; fever; tooth ache; chest pain; delivery pains; antidote to dog bite; wound healing; constipation; piles; ulcers; skin infections; venereal diseases; jaundice; diarrhoea; fire wood
Treatment -General
References -Duraipandiyan et al. 2006
References
Literature
Literature
Duraipandiyan et al. 2006
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Pterolobium hexapetalum. (2021, March 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterolobium_hexapetalum