Movie Malabar

Malabar kino (Pterocarpus marsupium) belongs to the legume family (Fabaceae). It is an evergreen tree reaching 20 meters in height. The leaves are imparipinnate, the flowers are papilionaceous, yellowish-white, collected in a panicle. Grows in India, Sri Lanka, Africa and Brazil.

Pharmaceutical name - dried juice from cuts in the bark, or kino. The main active ingredients are tannins, kinorot and quinoin.

Due to its high tannin content, cinema is used as a stomach fixative. It is part of dental elixirs that relieve inflammation of the oral mucosa.