Family : Bignoniaceae
Synonyms : Stereospermum chelonoides
English : Trumpet flower tree
Hindi : Paral
Gujarati : Padal
Sanskrit : Patala
Part used : Bark
Family : Bignoniaceae
Synonyms : Stereospermum chelonoides
English : Trumpet flower tree
Hindi : Paral
Gujarati : Padal
Sanskrit : Patala
Part used : Bark
Botanical Description: A large decicious tree with a straight trunk, and fairly smooth yellowish brown nark, leaves imparipinnate, large, clustered towards the end of the branchlets, leaflets 3-6 pairs, short stalked often unequal sided at the base, main nerves 8-10 pairs; flowers yellow, tinged with red, fragrant, in lax drooping terminal cymose panicles; fruits capsules, cylinderic, slender, curved somewhat rough with elevated white specks; seeds winged at each end, wings membranous, the roots are dull brown, cylinderical, hard and heavy with transversley extended lenticels. Flowering and fruiting from December to May.
It occurs throughout India.
Rasa : Madhura, Katu, Tikta, Kasaya
Guna : Guru, Visada
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Dipana, Hrdya, Raktadsaahara,
Visaghna, Tridsoahara, Trsaghna,
Rasayana, Adhodagadosahara
Modern Pharmacological Action: Not much reported