Erythrina variegata L.
Family: Fabaceae also placed in Papilionaceae
- Assamese: Madaar, Modar, Ranga
- Telugu: Nelaguridi, Nelagurudu, వాజ్యపుచెట్టు vajyapu chettu
- Common name: Indian coral tree, tiger's claw
- Sanskrit: Paribhadrah
- Bangladesh : Mandar
- Bengali: পারিজাত
- Burmese : Penglay-Kathit
- Chinese : Hai Tong Pi, Hoi Tong Peh
- Chuukese : Paar, Weeku
- Cook Islands : Gatae
- Gujarati: પંગારો
- Hindi: पांगारा
- Kannada: ಹಾಲವಾಣ
- Malayalam: മുൾമുരിക്ക്
- Oriya: Salotonoya
- Tamil: Civappu-Moccai, Kaliyana Murukku, Mul murukku முள்முருக்கு
- Fiji : Drala, Drala Dina, Rara, Rara Damu, Rarawai, Segar
- French : Arbreau Corail, Arbre Corail À Feuilles, Panachées, Arbre Corail De L’inde, Arbre, Immortel, Bois Immortel, Bois Immortel Vrai, Pignon D’inde
- German : Indischer Korallenbaum
- Hawaiian : Wiliwili-Haole
Uses: Galactogogue, anthelmintic [Medicinal Plants Kerala Ag University]
Used in Ayurveda and Sidha. Toxic alkaloids, poisonous, cyanogenic glycoside, saponin, all parts of the tree poisonous. Raw seeds poisonous, can be eaten after boiling and roasting. Bark antipyretic, febrifuge; bark decoction with sugar taken to eradicate intestinal worms and for blood dysentery; gum from bark diluted in water and applied to the eyes for jaundice; a soup made from bark of this tree and leaves of Adhatoda vasica given in cold and cough; a decoction of bark and leaves used to treat dysentery, rheumatism, fever and to relieve asthma and coughs; stem bark ground with calcium and the paste applied on scorpion sting; scraped bark used in stomachache, colic. Leaves soporific, a cure for convulsions and stomachache; leaves juice anthelmintic, for killing worms in sores; leaf paste used on boils; leaves and flowers to treat menstrual disorders; warm leaf juice applied on chest in cough; drops of leaf juice put into ear to cure ear infections. Roots and leaves febrifuge; roots decoction to treat bronchitis. Seeds astringent, crushed seeds as a poultice to treat cancer, sores and abscesses. Veterinary medicine, crushed bark antiinflammatory and astringent for diarrhea; bark extract given in indigestion; for trypanosomiasis, bark extract of Capparis divaricata pounded with leaves of Erythrina variegata, ginger, garlic and turmeric in goat’s milk and given orally; leaves paste applied on the wounds of the cattle. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Medicinal importance of the species is recognized by some ethnic communities and in many Ayurvedic works. In the Ayurvedic system the stem-bark and leaves are recommended in dysmenorrhoea. [Herbal Cures: Traditional Approach]
In Asia and the Pacifi c Islands, different parts of the plant have been used in traditional medicine for a variety of ailments and as nervine sedative, collyrium in ophthalmia, antiasthmatic, antiepileptic, antiseptic, astringent, febrifuge, anti-bilious, diuretic, laxative, expectorant, anthelmintic, vermifuge and an astringent The bark is used as a laxative, diuretic, expectorant astringent, febrifuge, anti-bilious and anthelmintic and is useful in ophthalmia and skin diseases. The bark is also employed to facilitate the maturation of boils. Dried bark decoction or infusion in alcohol is used for lumbar and leg pain. The stem bark is used against rheumatism in the form of a decoction, extract or tincture and an infusion used for stomachache. The bark when crushed and pounded is used for curing toothache by inserting into cavities or hollow tooth. The bark is chewed for dysentery. A mixture of bark scrapings and lime is applied to reduce swellings. The inner bark is scraped and mixed with little water; the juice is squeezed and drunk to cure cough with sore throat. The wood is rasped in water and given for haematuria. The bark and leaves are used in ‘paribhadra’, an Indian preparation as a vermifuge, for treating fi lariasis, and to relieve joint pain. A decoction of the bark and leaves, sweetened, is considered a good expectorant. The leaves and bark were found to contain the toxic alkaloid, erythrinine , a central nervous system depressant with effects similar to the alkaloid cytosine [Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Vol-7]
Inner bark taken internally for umete (fulamaua) [Samoan Medicinal Plants]
151 published articles of Erythrina variegata
