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pterocarpus michelianus marsupium

(Indian Kino Tree-Malabar Kino Tree)

Wood Use

  • Windows / Doors
  • Moldings / Panels
  • Gardens
  • Terrace / Cladding
  • Wood Floors
  • Wooden Balls for Bowling
  • Dye
  • Railway Crossties
  • Furniture / Cabinetry
  • Heavy Industrial Use
  • Musical Instruments
  • Poles
  • Ship / Boat Constructions
  • Special Wood Items
  • Tool Handles

Pharmaceutical Use

A strongly astringent herb, it is also alterative.

Various trials have shown a hypoglycaemic effect from an aqueous extract of the heartwood.

Resin obtained from wounds in the bark is astringent. It contains about 75% kinotannic acid.

Treatment of chronic diarrhoea and the irritation caused by gastric infection and colitis.

It is used for toothache and also as a douche to treat vaginal discharge.

A decoction of the bark is very useful for diabetic patients. heartwood is considered to be anthelmintic, antiinflammatory, antioxidant and astringent.

It is used to treat a range of complaints.

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