Steinmetz:Butea

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Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Butea frondosa

Also known as (or relevant to) Butea frondosa Butea monosperma Family Leguminosae English Names Bastard Teak tree Butea gum tree Bengal Kino tree Natural Habitat mountainous districts of India Burma Part(s) Used Gummi Buteae frondosae (furnished by the bark, known as Bengal Kino or Butea gum)

Constituent(s) kino-tannic acid gallic acid mucilage Action astringent used in place of Gummi Kino. The seeds of the tree are a source of Moodooga oil . used as a vermifuge instead of santonin