Butea superba

Butea superba
	Butea superba , illustration from the first description
Systematics
Order :	Fabales (Fabales)
Family :	Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily :	Butterflies (Faboideae)
Tribe :	Phaseoleae
Genre :	Butea
Type :	Butea superba
Scientific name
	Butea superba
	Roxb.

Butea superba , as Plossobaum called, is a plant in the subfamily of the Pea family (Faboideae) within the family of legumes (Fabaceae). It is native to southern Asia and Southeast Asia and is used as a medicinal plant. The specific epithet superba , Latin for proud, magnificent , refers to the magnificent flowers . Common names in the home countries are Chhola-Ki-Bel ( Hindi ), Chihunt (Hindi), Climbing Palas (English), Palas Lata (Hindi).

description

Butea superba grows as a liana and reaches heights of up to 12 meters. The pinnate leaves consist of obovate rhombic leaflets that are 12 to 30 cm long and 10 to 27 cm wide.

Butea superba makes racemose inflorescences . The flowers are zygomorphic . The yellowish-orange petals are 4 to 6 cm long and hairy. The flat, 13 to 15 cm long and 2.5 to 5.5 cm wide legumes contain an egg-shaped, flattened seed .

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

distribution

The natural range of Butea superba ranges from Sri Lanka , India , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand , Cambodia , China to Vietnam and from Java to the Philippines .

In India it occurs in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. It is common in the forests of the northern and eastern regions of Thailand and along Kanchanaburi Province . In Mauritius she is a neophyte .

Taxonomy

Synonyms for Butea superba Roxb. are Plaso superba (Willd.) Kuntze and Rudolphia superba (Willd.) Poir.

use

Locals claim that Butea superba has a potency-increasing effect. Butea superba is widespread in the forests of Thailand and is very popular among Thai men for its supposed rejuvenating effects and increasing libido .

The bulbous roots of Butea superba contain flavonoids and flavonoid glycosides as well as sterols including β-sitosterol , campesterol and stigmasterol .

Individual evidence

^ Hager's Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice: Drugs LZ. Springer, 1997, ISBN 978-3540616191 , p. 414. Google-Book-online.
↑ Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7643-2390-6 , p. 621.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Entry at International Legume Database & Information Service = ILDIS.
↑ ^a ^b ^c G. P. Roy, BK Shukla, Bhaskar Datt: Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur and Damoh. Ashish, 2005, ISBN 978-8170244578 , p. 111.
↑ ^a ^b M. N. Sanyal: Handbook of Excursion Flora of the Gangetic Plains and Adjoining Hills. Mittal Publications, 1996, ISBN 978-8170992400 , p. 26.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Roengsamran S, Petsom A, Ngamrojanavanich N, Rugsilp T, Sittiwichienwong P, Khorphueng P, et al .: Flavonoid and flavonoid glycoside from Butea superba Roxb. and their cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitory activity. . In: J Sci Res Chula Univ . 25, 2000, pp. 169-76. ( Online ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 232 kB) @1@ 2

^ Butea superba at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

↑ A. Suntara: The remedy pamphlet of Kwao Krua tuber of Luang Anusarnsuntarakromkarnphiset. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Chiang Mai Upatipongsa Press; 1931.

Web links

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[Hagers-1] Hager's Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice: Drugs LZ. Springer, 1997, ISBN 978-3540616191 , p. 414. Google-Book-online.

[Genaust-2] Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7643-2390-6 , p. 621.

[ILDIS-3] Entry at International Legume Database & Information Service = ILDIS.

[Flora_of_Madhya_Pradesh-4] G. P. Roy, BK Shukla, Bhaskar Datt: Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur and Damoh. Ashish, 2005, ISBN 978-8170244578 , p. 111.

[Sanyal-5] M. N. Sanyal: Handbook of Excursion Flora of the Gangetic Plains and Adjoining Hills. Mittal Publications, 1996, ISBN 978-8170992400 , p. 26.

[Flavonoid_and_flavonoid_glycoside-6] Roengsamran S, Petsom A, Ngamrojanavanich N, Rugsilp T, Sittiwichienwong P, Khorphueng P, et al .: Flavonoid and flavonoid glycoside from Butea superba Roxb. and their cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitory activity. . In: J Sci Res Chula Univ . 25, 2000, pp. 169-76. ( Online ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; PDF; 232 kB) @1@ 2

[IPCN-7] Butea superba at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Suntara-8] A. Suntara: The remedy pamphlet of Kwao Krua tuber of Luang Anusarnsuntarakromkarnphiset. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Chiang Mai Upatipongsa Press; 1931.