Indian Trumpet Tree

The Scientific name of Indian Trumpet: Oroxylum indicum

Name of Indian Trumpet in different languages:

English: Broken bones plant, Indian calosanthes, tree of Damocles

Sanskrit: अरलु Aralu, श्योनक Shyonaka, Dunduka

Hindi: भूत वृक्ष bhut-vriksha, दीर्घवृन्त dirghavrinta, शल्लक shallaka

Malayalam: Palakapaiyani പലകപ്പയ്യാനി.

Plant description:

Indian Trumpet Tree – Oroxylum Indicum is a small tall tree grow up to 12 m tall, with large leaf stalks, found in deciduous forests throughout India, leaves are oppositely arranged, brownish-green and soft , 2 to 3 pinnate , length up to 150 cm long, ovate, base round and glabrous; flowers are purplish-red, fruits are capsule, purple-brown, up to 90 cm long, flat and sword-shaped so it has a name in English-Tree of Damocles; seeds are numerous, flattened with broad and with white papery wings.

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Oblong	Margin-Entire	Venation-pinnate

Useful plant parts:

Root, bark, root bark, leaf, seed, fruit.

Medicinal uses:

Dysentery, Wounds, Rheumatism, Fever

Chemical content:

Flavanoids, oroxilin, baicalein, alkaloids etc

How to prepare medicines:

Ground leaf paste can be applied on the cheeks to reduce toothache.

Indian Trumpet is one of the ingredients in Ayurveda medicines like-

Learn More: 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425058/