Bead Tree

Adenanthera pavonia, Bead tree,Saga tree, Ratangunj, Badi gumchi

Botanical Name : Adenanthera pavonia

English Name : Bead tree,Saga tree

Hindi Name : Ratangunj, Badi gumchi

Sanskrit Name : Ratnagunj

Description

This tree is common in many parts of India. It is also found in many East Asian countries.

This tree in many parts is known as Red Sandalwood, but in Ayurveda Pterocrpus santalinus is true Red sandalwood. In sanskrit Bead tree is Ratnagunj (Gem seed) and Pterocrpus santalinus is Rakta chandan (Blood Sandalwood).

This tree is a member of Fabaceae plant family.

This is a a small tree growing to a height of about 3 to 4 meters. The leaves are bipinnate,3-6 pairs and opposite. The leaflets are alternate in 4-8 pairs, papery, elliptic oblong and dark green above, bluish green below and oblique. The flowers are in short-peduncled racemes. Calyx is minute, lobes short and triangular. Corolla is pale yellow, segments united at the base only. The pods are flat curved and pointed. The seeds are bright, red and with hard shells. The flowering season is March to May.

Usage

In Ayurveda the fresh leaves are very useful in female diseases of uterus and menstruation. In old times the goldsmiths used seeds as weight, almost all the seeds have equal weight about 30 seeds in 11.5 grammes

Obtained Chemical Compounds

Amino acids, Fatty acids like palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids are obtained from this plant.


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Gujarati: Ratna Gunja, Moti Chanothi

Marathi: Thorlagunj, Ratangunj

Bengali: Ranjana

Kannada: Ane golaganji

Tamil: Ani kundamani, Manjadi

Malayalam: Sem, Manchadi

Telugu: Gurivenda, Enugaguruginji

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