Botanical name : Butea monosperma (Lam.) Tauba
Family : Papilionaceae
Malayalam : Plaashu
Tamil : Camata
English : Flame of the Forest
Habit : An erect tree
Useful Part :Seed, Flower
Rasa Panchaka (Seed)
Rasa : Thikta, kashaya ,katu (Flower- Madhura)
Guna : Laghu, snigdha (Flower-Snigdha)
Veerya : Ushna (Flower-Seeta)
Vipaka : Katu (Flower-Madhura)
Karma : Vatakapha shamana
Indications : Krimiroga, daha, paittikasula
Dose : Beeja churna(1-8g), kwatha(50-100ml),
Formulations : Ayaskriti, Mahanarayana Taila