English: Butter tree, Mahua Tree, Maura butter Tree
Sanskrit: Madhuk, Tikshnasar
Hindi: Madhukam
Malayalam: Eruppa, Madukajam, Madukam (ഇരിപ്പ, മധൂകജം, മധൂകം)
The honey tree is an Indian sub-tropical tree, It is a fast-growing, deciduous tree, that grows up to 20 meters in height, sometimes semi-evergreen foliage, leaves are simple alternate and clustered, and young leaves are yellowish in color, the bark is reddish-brown or dark red vertically cracked, Fruits are greenish, fleshy. It is planted in India to get a beverage (alcohol) spirit made from its flowers.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Oval | Margin-Entire | Venation-Pinnate |
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Useful plant parts:
leaf, Root, Flower, bark, seeds, oil,
Medicinal uses:
To treat skin diseases, head aches, purgative treatments, to prevent excess bleeding, bronchitis flowers are used to enhance lactation in feeding mothres.
Chemical constituents:
Alkaloid glucosidic saponin, sapogenin
How to prepare medicines:
Fermented flowers are used to make tonics,
Learn more:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00217-005-0155-2#/page-1
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