Fruits - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 59245 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Image | Plant Name | 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Bauhinia variegata | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fruits | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Pakistan | TDWG Region | Pakistan | ||
| Parts Held | Fruits | Geography Description | Lahore | ||
| Uses | FruitsUse: MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | India Museum | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Notes on Indian Drugs by W Dymock, Pharm Journal III Series, Vol VIII p1001 History, Uses etc. - There are two varieties of this Bauhinia. The flowers of the one are purple or deep rose coloured, and of the other, white, yellow, and green, ; both are noticed in Bhavaprakasa under the names of kovidara and kanchanara, and are said to have similar properties, the bark being described as alterative, tonic, astringent, and useful in scrofula, skin diseases, and ulcers. Chakradatta recommends, the bark of the first variety in scrofulous enlargements of the cervical glands, and directs it to be given in emulsion with rice water and ginger. Sarangadhara also recommends it for a similar purpose, and prescribes it in combination with guggulu (Gum, resin of Boswellia serrata), myrobalans, and a number of aromatics. Under the name, kachnar, the author of the Makhzan discribes the bark as astringent, attenuant and tonic. He says it is used to check diarrhoea, to remove intestinal worms, and prevent, decomposition of the blood and humours; on this account is is useful in leprosy and scrofula. A gargle made from the bark with the additionof akakia (Extract of acacia pods) and pomegranate flowers is mentioned as a remedy in salivation and sore throat,, and a decoction of the buds in cough, bleeding piles, haematuria and menorrhagia. Description - The bark is grey, tolerably smooth, compact; fracture granular, reddish brown; the external surface is covered thickly with little elliptic warts of a darker, colour than the rest of the bark; the internal surface is white and woody. The taste is feebly astringent; Microscopic examination discovers nothing characteristic. | ||||