Sanskrit: Vanjula
Hindi: Bodh, Bains
English: Indian Willow
Malayalam: Vanchiവഞ്ചി, Attupala-ആറ്റുപാല
Tamil: Atrupalai.
Indian Willow tree is a deciduous tree, that grows to 25 m high, commonly found in wet and muddy places, bark rough, with deep vertical fissures. The leaves are simple, alternate, smooth and glazed, lance-shaped, apex acuminate; size up to 8 to 15 cm long, with toothed margins, young leaves are silky. Flowers are found in axillary catkins, greenish-yellow, up to 6 cm long, like bottle brush flowers, The fruits are capsules, long, stipulate,4 valved, in the cluster of 3 – 4, seeds are long up to four numbers.
Useful plant parts:
Bark, leaf
Medicinal uses:
To treat rheumatism, piles, VD, bladder stones, epilepsy, swelling
Chemical contents:
Antioxidants, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate
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