Description

Fragrant Padri Tree is an deciduous tree native to South Asia. this plant is said to have used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by third Buddha called "Saranankara - , and twenty second Buddha Vipassi . The plant is known as pulila in Sanskrit, and palol in Sinhala and parul in Bengali.

Characteristics:

Fragrant Padri Tree is a large deciduous tree, 10-20 m tall, with velvet-hairy branches. Leaves are compound, 1-2 ft long, with 3-4 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are 7-15 cm long, broadly elliptic, long-pointed. velvety on the underside, rounded and unequal at base, with 6-8 nerves, short-stalked. Fragrant flowers are borne in large lax panicles. They are 10-20 cm long, pinkish. Sepal cup is bell-shaped, 1 cm long, hairy, 3-5 lobed. Stamens are 4, remaining inside the flower-tube. Seed-pod is 1-2 ft long, cylindric, ribbed, rough. Fragrant Padri Tree is globally distributed in Indo-Malesia. Within India, it is found in tropical Himalayas, Assam, Meghalaya and in moist deciduous forests of Western Ghats.

Medicinal Uses:

Anti-inflammatory - It is used in the edema and helps in inflammatory conditions. It also reduces the pain. Blood purifier - It helps to remove toxins from blood and purifies it. It is helpful in difficult breathing, vomiting, hiccups and thirst.