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Pterocarpus Marsupium
Family Name : FABACEAE
Botanical Name : PTEROCARPUS
MARSUPIUM ROXB.
Common Name : INDIAN KINO
TREE, MALABAR KINO TREE, KINO
Part Used : HEART WOOD, LEAVES,
FLOWERS
Uses : The heart wood is
astringent, bitter acrid, anti inflammatory, anthelmintic, anodyne. It
is considered as magical for Diabities. It turns the water blue as soon
as it comes in contact with the water. It is good for elephantiasis, leucoderma,
diarrhoea, dysentary, rectalgia, cough and greyness of hair.
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