Botanical Name(s): Bombax Ceiba, Bombax Malabaricum, Salmalia Malabarica, Gossampinus Malabarica
English Name(s): Silk Cotton Tree
Sanskrit Name(s): Shalmali, Moca
Description: Tall, deciduous tree having widespread brances; trunk and branches are greyish in colour with sharp, conical prickles. Flowers are reddish-pink in colour, solitary or in clusters usually at end of branches wheres the tree is bare of leaves.
Seeds are numerous, long, blackish-grey in colour and filled in with white cotton.
Chemical Constituents: Contains semigossipol, glycosides, tannins, gallic acid.
Indications: Bleeding disorders esp hemoptysis of Pulm TB, Influenza, Malena, Menorrhagia, Acute Dysentry, Hemorrhoids, Acne, Cough, Kidney disorders, Urine related disorders, Inflammation.
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