Ammannia baccifera pasanabheda agnigarbha agnivendrapaku dadmari kuranta

Ammannia baccifera L.
Family: Lythraceae

Synonyms: Ammannia apiculata Koehne, Ammannia attenuata Hochst. ex A.Rich., Ammannia attenuata var. latifolia Koehne, Ammannia attenuata var. micromerioides Chiov., Ammannia attenuata f. vigens Koehne, Ammannia auriculata var. subsessilis Boiss., Ammannia baccifera f. altissima Koehne, Ammannia baccifera subsp. contracta Koehne, Ammannia baccifera f. glauca (Wall, ex Wight & Arn.) Koehne, Ammannia baccifera f. pseudoaegyptica Koehne, Ammannia baccifera subsp. viridis (Hornem.) Koehne, Ammannia crassissima Koehne, Ammannia debit is Aiton, Ammannia densiflora Miq. ex C.B.Clarke, Ammannia discolor Nakai, Ammannia glauca Wall, ex Wight & Arn., Ammannia indica Lam., Ammannia prostrata Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn, Ammannia retusa Koehne, Ammannia salicifolia Hiern, Ammannia verticil lata Boiss., Ammannia vescicatoria Roxb., Ammannia viridis Willd. ex Hornem., Celosia bicolor Blanco, Celosia nana Blanco
English: Blistering Ammania, Monarch Redstem
Bengali: বনমরিচ banmarich
Hindi: अगिन बूटी aginbuti, जंगली मेंहदी jungli mehendi, दादमारी dadmari, बन मिरिच ban mirich, Kuranta
Kannada: ಕಾಡುಗಿಡ kaadugida
Konkani: दादमार्या dadmaria
Malayalam: Nirumelneruppu, Kallur vanchi
Marathi: दादमारी dadmari, अगीनबुटी aginbuti, भरजांभूळ bharajambhula
Others: Monarch redstem, अम्बार ambar, Blistering Ammannia, Acrid weed, Ammannia, Dadarbooti, Tooth cup, Blistering ammania
Sanskrit: अग्निगार्भ agnigarbha, क्षेत्रभूषा kshetrabhusha, महाश्याम mahasyama, पाषाणभेद pasanabheda, क्षेत्रवशिनी kshetravashini, ब्राह्मसोम brahmasoma, कुरन्दिक Kurandika, अग्निपत्रि Agnipatri
Tamil: கல்லுருவி kal-l-uruvi
Telugu: అగ్నివేంద్రపాకు agnivendrapaku, పాషాణభేద pasanabheda, నేలచిత్రమూలం Nelachitramoolam
Philippines: bias-pugo (Tagalog), apoy-apoyan (Pangasinan, Tagalog), parapit-angit (Pampangan)
Thailand:  kaeo raknaa (Ratchaburi), mafai nok khum (Bangkok), yaa raknaa (northern)
Vietnam: m[uf]I ch[os].

Ayurvedic uses: Stomachic, laxative, antirheumatic, febrifuge. Leaves—used externally for ringworm, herpic eruptions and other skin diseases; rubefacient.
Uses: In the Philippines, the fresh leaves are bruised and applied to the skin to raise blisters and treat biliousness. In India, the leaves are used to stimulate appetite, relieve the bowels of costiveness, promote digestion, and stimulate venereal desire (Ayurveda). The pharmacological potential of this plant remains unexplored. Note that naphthoquinones might be responsible for the blistering properties described above [Medicinal Plants Of The Aisa-Pacific:  Drugs For The Future?]

12 Published articles of Ammannia baccifera
1.    Role of Blepharis maderaspatensis and Ammannia baccifera plant extracts on in vitro oxygen radical scavenging, secretion of gastric fluid and gastroprotection on ulcer induced rats
Rajasekaran, Aiyalu; Sivakumar, Vellaichamy; Darlinquine, Sabarimuthu - PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY  Volume: 50   Issue: 9   Pages: 1085-1095   DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.657305   Published: SEP 2012
2.    Antitumor activity of the methanolic extract of Ammannia baccifera L. against Dalton's ascites lymphoma induced ascitic and solid tumors in mice
Loganayaki, Nataraj; Manian, Sellamuthu - JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY  Volume: 142   Issue: 1   Pages: 305-309   DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.05.008   Published: JUN 26 2012
3.    Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive effects of Ammannia baccifera L. (Lythracceae), a folklore medicinal plant
Loganayaki, Nataraj; Siddhuraju, Perumal; Manian, Sellamuthu - JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY  Volume: 140   Issue: 2   Pages: 230-233   DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.001   Published: MAR 27 2012
4.    Evaluation of wound healing activity of Ammannia baccifera and Blepharis maderaspatensis leaf extracts on rats
Rajasekaran, Aiyalu; Sivakumar, Vellaichamy; Darlinquine, Sabarimuthu - REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE FARMACOGNOSIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOGNOSY  Volume: 22   Issue: 2   Pages: 418-427   DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000207   Published: MAR-APR 2012
5.    Absolute configuration and conformation of 3 tetralone derivatives from Ammannia baccifera
Techatanawat, I; Houghton, P. J.; Hylands, P. J. - PLANTA MEDICA  Volume: 72   Issue: 11   Pages: 1061-1061   Meeting Abstract: P266   Published: SEP 2006
6.    Evaluation of Ammannia baccifera Linn. for antiurolithic activity in albino rats
Prasad, K. V. S. R. G.; Bharathi, K.; Srinivasan, K. K. - Indian Journal of Experimental Biology  Volume: 32   Issue: 5   Pages: 311-313   Published: 1994
7.    Evaluation of Ammannia baccifera Linn. for antiurolithic activity in albino rats
Prasad, K. V. S. R. G.; Bharathi, K.; Srinivasan, K. K. - Indian Journal of Experimental Biology  Volume: 32   Issue: 5   Pages: 311-313   Published: 1994
8.    CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF AMMANNIA-BACCIFERA LINN (LYTHRACEAE)
THAKKAR, SM; DESHMUKH, VK; SAOJI, AN; et al. - JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY  Volume: 63   Issue: 6   Pages: 619-620   Published: JUN 1986
9.    ANTI BACTERIAL ACTIVITY IN AMMANNIA-BACCIFERA
KHER A - Bulletin of the Botanical Society University of Saugar  Volume: 25-26   Pages: 1-3   Published: 1978-1979
10.    EFFECT OF LIGHT INTENSITY DURATION AND FERTILIZERS ON VARIABILITY OF ALKALOID PRODUCTION IN AMMANNIA-BACCIFERA
MALL S L; SINGH V P - Journal of the Indian Botanical Society  Volume: 55   Issue: 1   Pages: 71-74   Published: 1976
11.    SOME HERBICIDAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF 3 4 DI CHLOROPROPIONANILIDE HERBIC STAM F-34 HERBIC ON AMMANNIA-BACCIFERA-D PADDY-M
PRAKASH J - Journal of Research Punjab Agricultural University  Volume: 5   Issue: 1   Pages: 58-61   Published: 1968
12.    SCREENING OF SOME PLANT EXTRACTS FOR ANTI FUNGAL PROPERTIES HELMINTHOSPORIUM-TURCICUM AMMANNIA-BACCIFERA-D AMMANNIA-MULTIFLORA-D ANAGALLIS-ARVENSIS-D ARTEMSIA-D CALLISTEMON-LANCEOLATUM-D CLEOME-VISCOSA-D ERIGERON-CANADENSIS-D ERIGERON-LINIFOLIUS-D LAWSONIA-ALBA-D LINDERNIA-D MOLLUGO-PENTAPHYLLA-D OCIMUM-SANCTUM-D RANUNCULUS-SCLERATUS-D TROPAEOLUM-MAJUS-D CELOSIA-ARGENTEA-D CELOSIA-GIGANTEA-D ECLIPTA-PROSTRATA-D GOMPHRENA-CELOSIODES-D OLDENLANDIA-CORYMBOSA-D THEVETIA-NEREIFOLIA-D ZORNIA-DIPHYLLA-D
NENE Y L; THAPLIYAL P N; KUMAR K - Labdev Journal of Science and Technology Part B Life Sciences  Volume: 6B   Issue: 4   Pages: 226-228   Published: 1968