பாரம்பரிய பல்குச்சி மரம் - பூமி ஞான சூரியன் - TRADITIONAL TOOTH BRUSH TREE
My Dear Vivasaya Panchangam Friends ! Good Morning !
Bhumii Gnana Soorian narrates actually the various benefits of the Tooth Brush Tree, popularly called as Velamaram or Karuvai Maram in Tamil or Babul tree or Gum Arabic tree in English.
"Alum Velum Pallukku Uruthy" is the popular saying prevalent among the people of Tamilnadu, the meaning is this 'Babul and Banyan tree "Kuchchi". are good for the strength of teeth, Kuchi means twigs of approximately pencil thickness are more suitable for brushing.
He has also enlisted the various benefits like growing as fence trees, for making agricultural implements, household utensils, building construction woods, collection of gums, for extraction of fabric dyes, Tannins for tannery industries, and for making different medicines also.
The botanical name of the tree is Acacia nilotica, and it belongs to the Mimosaceae family. The tree is preferred to plant mostly in Black cotton soil, or clay-rich soils, they can also perform well in a wide range of soil types.
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