panduraphali :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Stereospermum
Species: Stereospermum suaveolens

Allied species:

Charak Samhita - Sothahara - Anti-Inflammatory group of herbs
Sushrut Samhita - Aragvadhadi, Brihat panchamula, Adhobhagahara
Vagbhata - Aragvadhadi

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: padal - patil, patala, amotha, maghudhut, faleruha, krishanvrinta, kuberakshi, kalsthali, alivallam and tamarpushpi.
English: trumpet flower tree, yellow snake tree , Rose Flower Fragrant
Hindi: Padhal, Podal
Telugu: Kaligottu, Padiri, Kaligottu, Kokkesa, Podira
Bengali: Parul
Marathi: Padal
Oriya: Boro, Patulee
Gujarathi: Padal
Tamil: Padari
Malayalam: Padiri
Kannada: Padramora
Punjabi: Padala
Assamese: Parul

Varities:

It has two varieties mentioned by Bhavaprakasha as Patala and Sitapatala. Patala is identified as Stereospermum suaveolens and Sitapatala as Stereospermum chelonoides.

Saligramanighantu recognizes three types of patala viz. bhumipatala, ksudrapatala and vallipatala. Bhavaprakasa, however has mentioned only two; the white flowered one (patala) and the copper-red flowered one (tamrapatala) (Chunekar 1982). Thamrapatala is reported as bitter,acrid, hot and relieves morbid kapha. It is also useful in sannipata, breathing difficulty, vomiting,oedema and flatulence. The white variety purifies blood, increases appetite, cures oedema, thirst,vomiting, hiccough, morbid kapha and vata (Kolammal 1978).