Pterolobium hexapetalum - Indian Redwing

❏ Binomial Name : Pterolobium hexapetalum (Roth) Santapau & Wagh.

❏ Synonym : Caesalpinia lacerans,Cantuffa lacerans,Pterolobium indicum

❏ Family : Leguminosae

❏ Common Name : Indian Redwing

❏ Tamil Name : Karu Indu

❏ Hindi Name : Bhoca

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Pterolobium hexapetalum Botanical Description

Stragglers; prickles 2 mm, recurved, branchlets puberulus. Leaves to 15 cm, pinnae 4-7 pairs; leaflets 6-10 pairs, 1.2 x 0.7 cm, oblong, obovate, apex rounded, base oblique, pubescent, pinnae rachis ends in a bristle; petiole to 3 cm. Racemes axillary or terminal, to 15 cm; peduncles to 5 cm; flowers white; pedicel 1-1.5 cm; bracts subulate; sepals 4 and 6 mm, hooded; petals 6 x 2 mm, obovate, clawed, subequal; stamens 10, filaments 5-6 mm, basally villous; ovary sessile. Pod 4.5 x 1.5 cm, samaroid, flat, apically winged, reddish when young; seed 1, 10 x 5 mm. Fl. &Fr.: March-August.

Pterolobium hexapetalum Medicinal uses

❀ Decoction of leaves is taken internally during labour to reduce pain

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