Plant Review
    Pharmacognosy Reviews
    Vol. 1
    Issue 2
    2007
    pp. 333-337
    Open Access

    A Comprehensive review on Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze

    D. A. Burli1,A. B. Khade2
    1Department of Pharmacology, Rani Chennamma College of Pharmacy, Belgaum-590 010, Karnataka, INDIA.
    2Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Degree College of Pharmacy, Sawarde, Chiplun, Maharashtra, INDIA.
    Correspondence:

    *D. A. Burli

    Department of Pharmacology, Rani Chennamma College of Pharmacy, Belgaum-590 010, Karnataka, INDIA.

    deepa.burli@gmail.com

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    2007 Author(s)

    Published:25/07/2007

    Abstract

    Butea monosperma (Lam.) is an indispensable tree. Tribals use its flowers and young fruits. The plant is used in Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha medicine for various ailments. Almost all the parts of the plant namely root, leaves, fruit, stem bark, flowers, gum, young branches are used as medicine, food, fibre and for other miscellaneous purposes such as fish poison, dye, fodder, utensils, etc. About 45 medicinal uses are associated with the plant and out of these claims almost half the number of claims have been scientifically studied and reported. These observations are noteworthy for further studies on modern scientific lines.

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    Keywords

    Butea monosperma
    traditional uses
    scientific reports
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