Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex Heyne

ചരകൊന്ന

Family
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Leguminosae (Caesalpinioideae)
Synonym
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Inga pterocarpa DC.
Common Names
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Copper Pod Tree, Yellow flame tree
Flowering Period
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Throughout the year
Distribution
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Native of Sri Lanka, Malaya Peninsula and North Australia
Habitat
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Planted as ornamental avenue tree
Habit
:
Tree
Uses
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Avenue plant, ornamental. In traditional medicine it is used as an astringent to cure or relieve intestinal disorders after pain at childbirth, sprains, bruises and swelling or as a lotion for eye troubles, muscular pains and sores.

കുടൽ സംബന്ധിയായ പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ, പ്രസവ സംബന്ധിയായ പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ ഉളുക്ക്, ചതവ്, നീർവീക്കം, കണ്ണുരോഗങ്ങൾ എന്നിവയുടെ ചികിത്സാർത്ഥം ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു.
Key Characters
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Trees with young parts brown tomentulose. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, pulvinate; pinnae 10-12 pairs, opposite, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, golden yellow, in terminal or lateral racemose panicles; calyx lobes 5, ovate; petals 5, subequal, crinkled; stamens 10, filaments free; ovary half inferior; stigma peltate. Fruit a pod.