Kathuru murunga (Hummingbird tree)

Kathuru murunga

Scientific name:	Sesbania grandiflora*
Family name:	FABACEAE
English name:	Hummingbird tree
Local name:	Kathuru murunga
Description:	Trees, to about 10 m tall; young stems pubescent. Leaves paripinnate with axis about 12-30(-60) cm long, 30-60-foliate; ;eaflets 2-4 cm long, 5-15 mm wide. Inflorescences 2-4-flowered. Flowers about 5-10 cm long; petals red, pink, or white, (5-) 7-8.5(-10) cm long. Fruit 20-60 cm long, 7-9 mm wide, 15-50 seeded; seeds reddish brown, about 1 cm apart, 5 mm long, 4 mm wide, 1.5-2mm thick.
Status:	Only under cultivation
Edible parts:	Leaves & Flowers
Ayurvedic usage:  Treatment for- Oedema Wounds Eye diseases Coughs Constipation Fevers Dysentery Skin diseases Leucorrhoea Candida infections Epilepsy Rheumatoid arthritis PARTS  USED  IN  TREATMENT- Leaves Bark Flowers Roots, Seeds Resins RELATED  MEDICINAL  PROPERTIES- Reduces aggravation of pitha and kapha dosha

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