Burma Ironwood
Genus: Xylia
Botanical name: Xylia xylocarpa
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Kusimsipa, Kapila, Krishnasara, Bhasmagrabha, Avasadini
Hindi: Jambu, Seesam, Seeso
English: Burma Ironwood, Pyinkado, Iron wood
Malayalam: Irul, Irumullu, Irupool
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Burma Ironwood is a large deciduous tree to over 18 m high by 60 cm trunk diameter, native of eastern India, Burma and Thailand. Leaves are double-compound, carried on stalks 3-6 cm long. Leaflets are 2-4 pairs – lowest leaflets are 3-4 cm long, with a pointed tip. End leaflet is 7-15 cm long. Stalkless tiny white flowers arise in round heads 2 cm in diameter, carried in slender 7 cm long stalks. Pod is 10-16 cm long, 6 cm wide, woody, rusty velvety, shaped like a boomerang, splitting into two twisted segments. Flowering: March-April.
Bark and seeds are used as diarrhea, leucoderma, vomiting , diabetes, fever, allergic rhinitis, hiccough, edema and obesity pruritus. In Thailand its leaves are used to treat wounds in elephants.