Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 621)
pāribhadra, m. Erythrina Indica, Bālar.; Suśr.; Azadirychta Indica, L.; Pinus Deodora or Longifolia, L.; N. of a son of Yajña-bāhu, BhP.; n. N. of a Varsha in Śālmala-dvīpa ruled by Pāribhadra, ib.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 620)
pārijāta, m. the coral tree, Erythrina indica (losing its leaves in June and then covered with large crimson flowers) MBh. Kāv. Suśr. &c.; the wood of this tree R.; N. of one of the 5 trees of paradise produced at the churning of the ocean and taken possession of by Indra from whom it was afterwards taken by Kṛishṇa) MBh. Kāv. &c. (cf. IW. 519); fragrance Var.; N. of sev. wks. (esp. ifc.; cf. dāna-); of a Nāga MBh.; of a Rishi ib.; of an author of Mantras (with Śiktas). Cat.; -ka m. the coral tree or its wood, Śutr. Pur.; N. of a Rishi MBh.; of other men Hcar. (-ratnākara m. N. of wk.); m. or n. N. of a drama (= -ta-karaṇa) 621,1; -maya mf(ī)n. made of flowers of the celestial Pāṇ. Kathās.; -ratnākara m. N. of wk. (prob. = -taka-ratn-); -vat mfn. possessing the celestial Pāri Hariv.; -vṛtta-kkaṇḍa n. -vyākaraṇa n. N. of wks.; -sarasvatī-mantra m. pl. N. of Partic. magical formulas Cat.; -haraṇa n. robbing the Pārijāta tree N. of chs. of Hariv. and VP., also of a comedy by Gopāla dasa; (ṇa-campū) f. N. of a poem); -tācala-māhātmya n. N. of wk.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1445)
civappumoccai: Red bean, Erythrina indica

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 915)
kiñcukam: 1. Coral tree of the Western Ghats, m. tr., Erythrina stricta; 2. Indian coral tree, m. tr., Erythrina indica; 3. Palas tree; 4. Red, crimson

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3289)
muḷḷumuṟukku: 1. East Indian coral tree, m. tr., Erythrina indica; 2. Coral tree of the Eastern Ghats; 3. Coral tree of the Western Ghats; 4. Palas tree

Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (vol. I, pp. 451-453)
Erythrina indica, Leguminosae
Fig. - Coral tree (Eng.)
The Indian Coral tree, in Sanskrit Pārījāta or Pārijātaka and Māndāra, supposed to flower in Indra's garden. An episode in the Purānas relates the quarrels of Rakhmini and Satyabhama for the possession of the flowers which Krishna had stolen from the garden. The leaf is supposed to represent the Hindu trinity, the middle leaflet is Vishnu, on his right is Brahma, and on his left Shiva. The Portuguese have named them "Folhas da Trinidade." Rheede says that the leaves are discutient, and that their juice is given for syphilis. Rumphius relates that the leaf-juice is applied to ulcers to clean them, and that cooked with cocoanut milk the leaves are used internally and externally as a galactogogue and emmenagogue. The bark is used in dysentery. (Hort. Amb. iii., 33.) Loureiro and Wight state that the bark is used as a febrifuge. Dr. Kani Lal D‚, in a communication to the Calcutta Exhibition Catalogue, says: - "It is anthelmintic and useful as a collyrium in ophthalmia. The leaves are applied externally to disperse venereal buboes and to relieve pain in the joints." In the Concan the juice of the bark and young leaves is used to kill worms in sores and to disperse tumours; the young roots of the white-flowered variety are pounded and given with cold milk as an aphrodisiac. MM. Corre and Lejanne (Resum‚ de la Mat. Med. Coloniale) state that the bark is expectorant and febrifuge, and the leaves laxative and diuretic. In the Brazils the bark is used as a hypnotic.
The first physiological experments made with the bark of this tree were those of MM. Bochefontaine and Rey, who communicated the results arrived at by them to the Acad‚mie des Sciences in 1881 they concluded that the drug acts upon the central nervous system so as to diminish or abolish its functions.
MM. Pinet and Duprad resumed the study of the action of this drug upon frogs in 1886, and communicated the following results to the Soci‚t‚ de Biologie: - One centigram of the watery extract of the bark was introduced under the skin of the right hind leg of a frog, weighing 30 grams. This caused considerable local irritation, but at the end of 25 to 30 minutes the frog remained motionless; placed on its back it remained in that position, only occasionally making slight spontaneous movements; if a limb were pinched only very feeble reflex movements were induced. When the left sciatic nerve was excited by a Pulvermacher's clamp, the distant end of the divided nerve responded to the stimulus, whilst the near end was hardly affected. The electric contractability of the muscles was diminished, and refex action abolished. Respiration became were slow and was sometimes suspended. Moreover the heart was observed to dilate very slowly, and the ventricle at the time of systole, which had become imperfect, assumed a folded appearance, and at the diastole the heart presented a marbled appearance, pale in some places and red in others. The strength of the contractions was not much affected.
At the end of 35 to 40 minutes the heart recovered its normal condition. (Les Nouveaux Remedes, Sept. 15th, 1886.)