Pterospermum suberifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Pterospermum |
Species: | P. suberifolium
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Binomial name | |
Pterospermum suberifolium (L.) Willd.
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Pterospermum suberifolium, or the cork-leaved bayur, [3] is a species of evergreen flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in India and Sri Lanka. [4] Leaves are irregularly oblong; subcordate, rounded or oblique; apex acuminate; with irregularly serrated margin. Its flowers are yellowish white and fruit is a capsule. [5]
A famous nagaraja in Buddhism is named for the fruit of the P. suberifolium, mucalinda.
The plant is used for cure fractured bones in Ayurvedic medicine, where they are grind into a paste with some other medicinal herbs. [6]