Wednesday 1 May 2013

Krishnachura Phool " কৃষ্ণচুড়া ফৃল " . (Scientific name :-Caesalpinia pulcherrima)

Krishnachura Phool " কৃষ্ণচুড়া ফৃল " . (Scientific name :-Caesalpinia pulcherrima)

Description

Peacock Flower at Assam
It is a shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are bipinnate, 20–40 cm long, bearing 3-10 pairs of pinnae, each with 6-10 pairs of leaflets 15–25 mm long and 10–15 mm broad. The flowers are borne in racemes up to 20 cm long, each flower with five yellow, orange or red petals. The fruit is a pod 6–12 cm long.

Uses

Medicinal

Medicine men in the Amazon Rainforest have long known some of the medicinal uses for Caesalpinia pulcherrima, which is known as ayoowiri. Four grams from the root is also said to induce abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy


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