glabrous. Flowers fragrant. Calyx ¼in., shortly 3-toothed. Corolla yellow, tinged and marked purple red, ¾in. long, thinly hairy within and without ; crisped. Capsule linear, obscurely-quadrangular, slender curved, 10-30 by ⅓in., smooth or speckled. Valves coriaceous, midrib raised. Seeds wedge-shaped or subtrigonous, embedded in notches in the septums. 1 by ½in., easily splitting through the centre.
Uses : — The roots, leaves and flowers are used in decoction as febrifuge (T. N. Mukerji).
The juice of the leaves, mixed with lime juice, is of use in maniacal cases (Rheede).
{{c906. S. suaveolens, DeC, h.f.b.l, iv. 382. }}
Syn : — Bignonia suaveolens, Roxb. 493
Sans : — According to Sanskrit authors there are two varieties :
Pátalá (pale-red), Káma-duti (love-messenger), Kumbhika (a small pitcher), Kâla-vrittika (black stalk), Sulpha-medhâ (little understanding), Madhor-duti (messenger of a demon), Támra-pushpa (copper flower), Ambu-vâsini (water-dweller.)
The second variety— Sveta-kúmbhika (the white pitcher), Krishna-pátala.
Vern. : —Páral, padal, padiála, pád, padaria, parur, purula, pár (Hind.); Parlú, párúl, ghunta, múg (Beng.) ; Pandri (Kharwar) ; Kandior (Kol.) ; Papré, Pader (Santal) ; Parair (Nepal) ; Singyen (Lepcha) ; Patúli (Uriya) ; padar (Kurku) ; Pandri (C. P.) ; Phalgataítu (Melghat) ; Unt-katar, padar (Gond.) ; Pádal (N.-W. P.) ; Pádal, kaltháun, summe (Pb.) ; Pan, dan (Bhil) ; Paral, paddal, pahad (Bomb.) ; Pádal, padialú, parúl. kalagori (Mar.) ; Padiri, goddatipalusu (Nellore) ; Padri (Tam.) ; Kalagoru, kuberakashi, padari, patali (Tel.) ; Húday, billa, vulunantri marada, kayi (Kan.).
Habitat : — Throughout moister India, from the Himalayan Terai to Travancore and Tenasserim. " Planted specially about the Buddhist Temples " in Ceylon, says Trimen.
A large, deciduous tree, 30-60ft. Bark ¼in. thick, grey, exfoliating in very irregularly-shaped flat scales. Wood hard. Sap wood grey ; heart wood small, yellowish brown, beautifully
