Bakula

Description :

The tree is used in rest of the world for its hard wood. In India, it is also used to make garlands from its fragrant flowers. It finds use in many Ayurvedic products. especially those for oral health. Lord Krishna is said to have played his flute under Bakul trees attracting young women. The tree is said to flower when sprinkled with nectar from the mouths of beautiful women.  

                                             

Details:

Botanical Name: Mimusops Elengi

Sanskrit Name: Vakula                              

English Name: Bullet-wood tree

Common name: Spanish cherry  

Hindi Name: Maulsari 

Urdu Name: Kirakuli 

Manipuri Name: Bokul lei  

Tamil Name: Magizhamboo  

Malayalam Name: Ilanni  

Bengali Name: Bakul  

Marathi Name: Bakuli  

Konkani Name: Omval  

Kannada Name: Ranjal  

Gujarati Name: Barsoli

Part Used :Fruit,Leaf,bark,Seed

Medicinal Uses :

• The bark, flowers, fruits and seeds are astringent, cooling, anthelmintic, tonic, and febrifug.
• It is mainly used in dental ailments like bleeding gums, pyorrhea, dental caries and loose teeth.
• Extract of flowers used against heart diseases, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia and act as antiduretic in polyuria and antitoxin. 
• The snuff made from the dried and powdered flowers used in a disease called Ahwa in which strong fever, headache and pain in the neck, shoulders and other parts of the body occurs. 
• Powder of dried flowers is a brain tonic and useful as a snuff to relieve cephalalgia.

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