Witnessed by: Ayurveda
Yellow snake tree (Stereospermum chelonoides), of the Bignoniaceae family. Large deciduous tree with fragrant purple-brown trumpet flowers; native range: the Indian subcontinent and Indochina, in moist deciduous forest. Globally recognized as patala · amogha · kachasthali in Sanskrit, padal · paral in Hindi, and yellow snake tree · trumpet flower · fragrant padri in English. The part used is root bark, flower. Rough greyish root bark, bitter and faintly sweet, and long snake-like seed pods.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
YELLOW SNAKE TREE
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- yellow snake tree
- Scientific name
- Stereospermum chelonoides (L.f.) DC.
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
Form
- Part used
- root bark, flower
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Ayurveda
- bitter · astringent · sweet (tikta , kashaya , madhura)
Temperature
- Ayurveda
- cooling (sheeta)
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Ayurveda
- jwaraghna (antipyretic), dahaprashamana (relieves burning), tridoshahara, shothahara (anti-inflammatory), grahi
Cautions
- Contraindications
- regarded as a mild and broadly safe drug
- Toxicity
- no significant toxicity recorded in classical use
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