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| Latin Name |
English Name |
Sanskrit Names |
Hindi Name |
| Pterocarpus marsupium
Roxb. (Fabaceae) |
Indian Kino
Tree |
Bijaka, Pitasara,
Pitashalaka |
Vijaysar |
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| Habitat |
Found
commonly in hilly regions throughout the Deccan Peninsula,
and extending to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar and Orissa.
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| Morphology
Description (Habit) |
A moderate-sized
to large deciduous tree. The bark is grey, rough, longitudinally
fissured and scaly. The older trees exude a blood red
gum-resin. The leaves are imparipinnate: the leaflets
are oblong; the flowers occur in large panicles, they
are yellowish and fragrant; the pods are orbicular, flat,
winged.
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| Principal
Constituents |
Liquiritigenin and
isoliquiritigenin.
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| Indications |
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An aqueous infusion of the wood
is said to be of use in diabetes. Tests on mice and rabbits with alcohol
and aqueous extracts of the heartwood are said to have shown hypoglycemic
action, probably by hindering the absorption of glucose in the intestine.
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Diabecon (GlucoCare),
Nourishing Skin Cream.
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