Shalmali - Bombax ceiba in full bloom

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Sanskrit -  Shalmali, Mocha, Sthirayu, Raktapushpa, Chirajeevika

BN: Bombax ceiba (Salmalia malabarica, Bombax malabaricum)

FN: Bombacaceae

English: Silk Cotton tree; Hindi: Semal; Kannada: Kempu booruga; Malayalam: Elavu; Thamizh: Elava maram; Telugu: Boorugu chettu

parts used in medicine: Root, Stem bark, Flowers, petioles, prickles, gum, unripe tender fruits

Looking forward for other informations about this plant..

[tanay bose]

Dear Hari Ji,

Lovely photo the macro image on the flower is nice by the way whay camera you use?

Regards

Tanay

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Dr Hari. ... some of the Sanskrit names are new to me.

Some of the names that could be gathered from internet: ... ... Indian cottonwood, Indian kapok, red silk-cotton tree, simal tree • Assamese: himila, himolu • Bengali: katseori, roktosimul • Gujarati: સફેદ શીમળો safed shimalo • Hindi: कांटीसेंबल kaantisenbal, रक्त सेंबल rakta senbal, सेमल semal, सेमर कंद semar kanda, सेमुल semul, सेमुर semur, शेंबल shembal, शिंबल shimbal, सिमल simal, सिमुल simul • Kannada: ಕೆಮ್ಪುಬೂರುಗ kempuburuga • Malayalam: ഇലവ് ilav, മുളളിലവ് mulalilav, പൂള puula • Manipuri: tera • Marathi: शाल्मली shaalmali, सांवर saanvar, सांवरी saanvari, सौर saura • Mizo: pang, phunchawng • Oriya: similikonta • Sanskrit: शाल्मली shaalmali, शल्मली shalmali • Tamil: இலவு ilavu, பூலா puulaa, முள்ளிலவு mullilavu • Telugu: బూరుగ buruga


Dear friends, please validate names known in your region / language, especially if there are errors.

Regards.

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman <ayurhari...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman]

Thank you both..
Well tanay ji...i use a Canon Camera EOS 1000D with a wide angle lens
18-55mm for plants & Landscape photography and for other wildlife
photography i use a tele lens 55-250mm and its new to me and recently
started using the same for shooting plants too.. shortly will come out
with new posts using my new lens..

Dear Dinesh ji..
its nice to see these different vernacular names in bodhi-groups...The
names that u have given in the 4 south indian languages, Hindi,
Sanskrit & English sounds to be correct..absolutely no error in
it...rest of them are to be validated by others..Looking forward for
more laurels from You...

[VEENA NAIK]

       Acc to bhavprakash nighantu,it isin vatadivarga...

                 < shalmali sheetala swadvi rase pake rasayani I

                  shlesmala pittavatasraharini raktapittajith II>
              it mean, its rasa(taste) is madhur (sweet) it produces cooling effect (due to sheet veerya)  rasayani ,nd increases kapha ..

           it decreases  increased state of pitta ,rakta,  vata ,and helps in cantrol over the disease raktapitta (haemorrhage like disorder)....

 

             AND it also told in shaka varga .....   

                       can used in the form of vegetables (FLOWERS) if it is prepared in ghee nd saindhava lavan used in the form of food cures dusadhya pradar (menstrual disorders)... 
 

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman]

Thanks for the reference..Dr Veena...such useful informations makes
the post much interesting..looking forward for much more from You..

[VEENA NAIK]

   Its ok....sir ..instead it increases taste of searching information in related context...

       IN CHARAK SAMHITA CHIKITSA STHANA  this above said drug is used in atisara in

       particular method ie pichha basti...

             

 

On 3/28/10, Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman <ayurhari...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the reference..Dr Veena...such useful informations makes
the post much interesting..looking forward for much more from You..

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman]

There is a new point related to Ashwa ayurveda. . . Mr Yogisha Chatre
says. . .

<yogisha...@gmail.com>
to ayurhari...@gmail.com
date Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:57 PM
subject Shalmali

sir,
The skin quality of cows improve if they eat the Shalmali Flowers {a
villager's experience)

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

The Prickles found on Shalmali tree...

Ayurveda even explains about the medicinal aspect of these prickles...its to be rubbbed with water and used as one of the best applications to cure "Yauvana pidaka" (Pimples)

[aromal a n]

sir, i never had a chance to see the infloresence of shalmali that
close, and atree in full bloom.
thanks to all others for their valuable information
i am thank full to bodhi nighandu.