Varun Bark
Description:
Crataeva Nurvala is a moderate sized deciduous tree with gray and smooth horizontally wrinkled bark with trifoliate leaves. its flowers are white or cream in color and are present as many flowered terminal corymbs. Fruit is multiple seeded in the form of ovoid berries. seeds are embedded in yellow fleshy pulp.
Details:
Botnical Name: Crataeva Nurvala
English Name: Three leaved caper
Hindi Name :Barna, Bilasi
Tamil Name : Marvilingam, Maralingam
Telugu Name: Mangalam , Voolemera
Latin Name: Crataeva nurvala
Sanskrit Name: Vurana
Bengali Name :Barun
Marathi Name :Vayavarna, Haravarna
Common Name: Varun
Family: Capparidaceae
Parts Used: Bark, Leaves and Root
Medicinal Uses:
- The skin, roots and leaves of varuna have great medicinal value.
- The pulp of leaves is applied on abdomen in splenic enlargement, with great benefit.
- The decoction of leaves given along with ghee relieves flatulence and abdominal pain.
- The decoction of skin of varuna alone is used as blood purifier in gout, internal abscess, adenitis.
- Varuna is commonly used as a bitter tonic. The fresh juice of leaves is useful as a tonic. In enlarged prostate, strangury and urinary tract infections the decoction of its bark is rewarding.