Steinmetz:Butea
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Butea frondosa
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- 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)
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- 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
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