- Family:
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Bignoniaceae.
- Habitat:
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Throughout the greater part of India.
- English:
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Indian Trumpet Flower.
- Ayurvedic:
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Shyonaaka, Shoshana, Tuntuka, Kutannata, Madhukparna, Patrorna, Bhalluka, Prthushimba, Nata.
- Siddha/Tamil:
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Peruvaagai.
- Folk:
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Sonaa-paathaa.
- Action:
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Tender fruit—carminative, stomachic, spasmolytic. Seed—purgative. Root bark—astringent, antidiarrhoeal. Used for amoebic dysentery. Bark—antirheumatic, diuretic.
The leaves contained flavones and their glycosides including baicalein and scutellarein; also anthraquinone, aloe-emodin. Bark of the root gave chrysin, baicalein and oroxylin A. Bark also gave dihydrobaicalein. Heartwood yielded beta-sitosterol and an iso-flavone, prunetin.
- Dosage:
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Root—5–10 g powder; 25–50 g for decoction. (API, Vol. III.)
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Khare, C. (2007). Oroxylum indicum Vent.. In: Khare, C. (eds) Indian Medicinal Plants. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70638-2_1102
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