Rumex hastatus

Rumex hastatus D. Don
Family: Polygonaceae
Common name: Arrowleaf Dock, Yellow Sock, Curled sock
Hindi: चुर्की Churki, चुर्का churka
Urdu: Khatti Buti
Chinese: 戟叶酸模
Amlora, Chumlora (Kumaon), Khattimal, Katambal (Punjab)

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Persicaria glabra, Sivappu Kumbakodaal, Rakta-rohidaa, Bihagni

Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez
Family: Polygonaceae
Synonyms: Persicaria densiflora (Meisn.) Moldenke, Persicaria portoricensis (Bertero ex Small) Small, Polygonum densiflorum Meisn.,Polygonum glabrum Willd., Polygonum glabrum Cham. & Schltdl., Polygonum mexlcanum Small, Polygonum portoricense Bertero ex Small, Polygonum portoricense Bertero ex Endl., Polygonum segetum var. verrucosum Stanford

Common name: Denseflower Knotweed, Common marsh buckwheat
Marathi: Sheral
Tamil: Attalaree, Sivappu Kumbakodaal
Malayalam: Chavanna mudela mukkum
Kannada: Niru kanigalu
Bengali: Bihagni
Assamese: Lalborna, Ranga bihalogoni
Mizo: Chakaifu
Chinese: 光蓼
Sanskrit, Gujarati:  Rakta-rohidaa

Plant juice and rootstock—used in pneumonia, consumption, jaundice, fevers. Leaf—antispasmodic. Used for colic. The leaves contain flavonoids— quercetin, rhamnetin, quercitrin, avicularin and rutin. Flowers contain pigments, delphinidin-3,5-diglucosideand cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside and quercetin. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]


21 Published articles of  Persicaria glabra

Persicaria barbata, Polygonum barbatum, kondamalle, niralari

Persicaria barbata (L.) H. Hara
Family: Polygonaceae
Synonyms: Persicaria omerostroma (Ohki) Sasaki, Polygonum barbatum L., Polygonum kotoshoense Ohki, Polygonum omerostromum Ohki

Common name: Bearded Knotweed, water milkwort
Bengali: bekh-unjubaz
Kannada: konde malle, kondemalle
Malayalam: belutta-modela-mucca
Manipuri: যেলাঙ Yelang
 Marathi: dhaktasheral
Mizo: anbawng
Nepali: बिश Bish
Tamil: niralari, neer alari
Telugu: kondamalle, neeruganneru
Chinese: 毛蓼


12 Published articles of  Persicaria barbata

Fagopyrum acutatum

Fagopyrum acutatum (Lehm.) Mansf. ex K.Hammer
Family: Polygonaceae

Synonyms: Coccoloba cymosa Lour Fagopyrum chinense Raf., Fagopyrum cymosum (Trevir) Meisn., Fagopyrum dibotrys (D Don) H.Hara, Fagopyrum megaspartanium Q.F.Chen, Fagopyrum pilus Q.F.Chen, Fagopyrum triangulare Meisn. ex Wall., Fagopyrum tristachyum (H.Lev.) Gross, Helxine acutata Kuntze, Polygonum acutatum Lehm., Polygonum cymosum Trevir, Polygonum dibotrys D.Don, Polygonum labordel H. Lev. & Vaniot, Polygonum rugosum Buch.-Ham. ex Endl. ,Polygonum triangulare Wall., Polygonum tristachyum H. Lev. Polygonum volubile Turcz.

Muehlenbeckia platyclados, Muehlenbeckia platyclada, Tapeworm Plant, Nauhapensas, Muehlenbeckie à rameaux aplatis

Muehlenbeckia platyclados (F.Muell.) Meisn.
Family: Polygonaceae
Synonyms: Muehlenbeckia platyclada, Catacinum platycladum (F.Muell.) J.F.Macbr., Homalocladiumplatycladum (F.Muell.) L H Bailey, Polygonum platycladum F.Muell., Sarcogonum platycladum (F.Muell.) Voss

Common name: Tapeworm Plant, Ribbon bush, Centipede Plant
Chinese: 竹节蓼
Finnish: Nauhapensas
French: Muehlenbeckie à rameaux aplatis

An erect, c. 1 m tall shruby plant with broad, flat, thin, articulate, delicately striate, ribbon-like phylloclades. Leaves sessile, membranous, entire, often lobed at base, 1.5-6.5 cm long. Ochreae 1-2 mm long, ovate, obtuse. Flowers 1-6 in sessile clusters, bracteate, bracts ovate, c. 1 mm long. Perianth segments 5, greenish, oblong, 1-1.5 mm long. Stamens 8. Ovary ovoid, 3-angular c. 1 mm long; styles 3. Nuts enclosed in the fleshy deep red or purplish perianth.

This is a medical plant uses as a remedy for poisonous intake by animals. Homalocladium platycladum Syn: Muehlenbeckia platyclada Common: Tapeworm Plant, Ribbon bush, Centipede plant This plant from the Polygonaceae familly has ornamental flattened stems that look like ribbons or tapeworms. They will reach 3-4 feet in pots, but in nature they will reach up to 12 feet. They are short-lived, and some plants are even leafless. This plant has small green-white flowers that appear in group in spring.

6 Published articles of Muehlenbeckia platyclados / Muehlenbeckia platyclada

Rumex hastatus, Churki, Khatti Buti, Khattimal

Rumex hastatus D. Don
Family: Polygonaceae
Common name: Arrowleaf Dock, Yellow Sock, Curled sock
Hindi: चुर्की Churki, चुर्का churka
Urdu: Khatti Buti
Chinese: 戟叶酸模
Amlora, Chumlora (Kumaon), Khattimal, Katambal (Punjab)

A bushy small shrub up to 2 ft tall. Stem erect, branched, herbaceous above and woody below, pale green to light brown. Leaves simple, pale green, hastate; lobes are directed outward. Flowers small, numerous, pinkish in terminal paniculate clusters. Fruit pinkish and one seeded nutlet.

Parts used: Leaves, roots and stem
Recipe: The sap of the leaves and stem is applied on cuts for its astringent properties. [Herbal Cures: Traditional Approach]
½ kg of fresh roots of Rumex hastatus and 250 g of fresh bark of Quercus incana are boiled together in 4 L of water for 1–2 h. When 1 L (4 cups) of water remains, it is fi ltered with a cloth; 250 g of sugar, 1 kg of coarsely ground fl our ( sooji ), and 250 g of fat ( desigee ) are added to it, and the mixture is cooked for 10–15 min. This sweet meal ( halwa ) is given to patients suffering from cough, asthma, and fever. For children, 2–4 tsp (30– 40 g) of drug (at one time) is given 2–3 times per day for 3–4 days. For adults, 8–10 tsp (80–100 g) of drug (at one time) is given 2–3 times per day for 10–15 days. [Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan]

26 Published articles of Rumex hastatus

Rhododendron arboreum, കാട്ടുപൂവരശ്, คำแดง, 树形杜鹃, பிலி, خرزه هندی درختی , बुरांस, Różanecznik drzewiasty

Rhododendron arboreum Sm.
Family: Ericaceae
Hindi: बुरांस Burans, लाल बुरांश Lal buransh
Tamil: பிலி Billi
Malayalam: Kattupoo varasu കാട്ടുപൂവരശ്
Persian: خرزه هندی درختی
Polish: Różanecznik drzewiasty
Thail: คำแดง
Nepali: लाली गुराँस Lali gurans
Chinese: 树形杜鹃

Other Indian names: alingi, alingil, ardawal, aru, baras, bhorans, bili,, bili mara, bilipu, billee, billi, billimaram, billy, brah, bras,, brass, brda, broa, brons, bruans, brus, buranh, burans, buras,, burus, chacheon, cheo, cheu, chhan, chin, chiu, dieng-tinthuin,, dotial, etok, ghonas, gurans, guras, ittok, kamri,, kattupoovarasu, kattupuvaracu, kattupuvarasu, khenio,, khorom-leishak-angangba, lalguras, lali gurans, malai-ppuvaracu,, malaippuvaracu, mandal, nilakiripumaram, parag,, poo, pu, pullasa, pumaram, rato guras, taggu, tiew awbah,, tiewsaw, tin-saw, yetu,
About 2-3 m high shrubs, evergreen, flowers red or violet. Seeds elliptic-obovoid with membranous wing around seed, 2-3.6 x 1-1.2 mm. Surface furrowed, lustrous, brown. 2n = 26. Originally growing in the Himalayas in light forest; cultivated in gardens and parks in many cvs, a shadow-demanding species. [Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central And East-European Flora]
The fresh and dried flowers have a sweet and sour taste and are used in the preparation of squash, jams, jellies and local pleasant brew drank daily as refreshing appetizer and also to prevent high altitude sickness. Fresh petals are used to prepare a chutney known as ‘barah ki chutney’ [Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal
Plants, Vol-7]
Uses: Flowers sour-sweetish in taste and flowers are eaten, but when consumed in excess they are said to cause intoxication. Stamen and young leaves said to be poisonous, have been reported to produce toxic symptoms when eaten by livestock. Tender stem extract applied on forehead to allay vertigo; bark used in preparation of a kind of snuff. Juice of the young leaves applied to forehead for headache, also used for rheumatic pains; tender leaves applied to forehead for headache. Flowers in treating coughs and fever, also a remedy for dysentery and bloody dysentery; fresh and dried petals efficacious in checking diarrhea and blood dysentery; corolla used to cure diarrhea. Androecium often used to poison the rats. Young leaves used to poison fish. Magic, the name of this flower said when a bone of a fish stuck in the throat while eating fish and once said the bone goes down in the intestine.) [CRC World Dictionary of MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology]
Leaf—anticephalalgic (applied to the forehead). Leaf and stem-bark—spasmolytic. Flowers— used in diarrhoea and dysentery. The green leaves contain a glucoside, ericolin. The extracts of leaves, stems and bark cause hypotension in cats and inhibit intestinal movements in rabbits. The acetone and chloroform extracts and a resinous fraction from the alcoholic extract of leaves depress respiration. The petroleum ether extract decreases the rate of heartbeat and contraction in isolated heart of frog. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

57 Published articles of Rhododendron arboreum

Hemigraphis alternata / Hemigraphis colorata

Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) T.Anderson
Synonym: Hemigraphis colorata (Blume) Hallier f., Blechum cordatum, Ruellia alternate, Ruellia blumeana,
Family:  Acanthaceae

This is a prostrate herb with rooting branches, opposite broad cordate and toothed leaves and terminal heads of small white flowers. The leaves are 6 to 10 cm long and shimmering silvery violet underneath red purple. It is claimed in folk medicine that the plant has very good wound healing activity. The wound contraction and epithelialisation were faster in H. colorata leaf paste applied mice when compared to control. However, in contrast to topical application, oral administration of the leaf suspension, daily at a dose of 1 g/kg (wet weight) did not influence excision wound healing. Parts used: Leaves [Herbal Cures: Traditional Approach]

Used to promote urination, check hemorrhages, stop dysentery, treat venereal diseases, and to heal hemorrhoids. [Medicinal Plants of The Aisa-Pacific: Drugs for The Future?]

7 Published articles of Hemigraphis colorata / Hemigraphis alternata

Oxyria digyna, Szczawiór alpejski, Alpen-Säuerling, Fjällsyra, Mountain sorrel

Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill
Family: Polygonaceae

Arabic: أوكسيريا ثنائية المأنث
German: Alpen-Säuerling
Polish: Szczawiór alpejski
Russian: Кисличник двустолбчатый
Northern Sami: Eavru
Finnish: Hapro
French: Oxyria à deux styles
Italian: Acetosa soldanella
Swedish: Fjällsyra
Chinese: 山蓼
Chohahak, Amlu (Punjab).
Kashmiri: Kailaashi
Chuma tsi (Am); Nyalowa nyalu, Kyurmu, Wueen (Km); Boke, Bojo (Dn, Np).
Common name : Mountain sorrel

Perennial, tiny, glabrous, simple, ascendent, stems up to 10-30 cm high. Fruits achenes, a strong compressed, broad winged, enclosed within perianth lobes, 3-4.5 x 3.3-4.6 mm. Seeds pyriform shaped, corpus slight biconvex, base cuneate, apex pointed, 1.5-1.7 x 0.8-1 mm. Surface bare lustrous, orange-yellow or brown-red. [Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora]

Glabrous succulent herb. Leaves mostly basal, long stalked, fleshy, pale green often turning reddish; blade  rounded  to kidney-shaped. Flowers greenish or reddish, borne in long slender, sparsely branched spikes. Fruits orbicular, notched, red, with membranous wing.

Action: Refrigerant, antiscorbutic. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Uses: Lymphs disorders and urine retention. Leaves are edible raw or cooked. [Medicinal Plants of Dolpo]

One of the most refreshing plants one encounters in the high country is the alpine mountain sorrel. The new growth up to flowering time can be eaten raw, when it tastes like a mild rhubarb. The stems and leaves can be used in salads or prepared as a potherb. Some aboriginal peoples have been known to ferment mountain sorrel as a kind of sauerkraut. This is accomplished by simply letting the plant(s) sit in water for a while. This sauerkraut can then be stored for winter use (Schofield 1989). The plants were also dried in the sun for later travel. These plants are high in vitamin C and can be used to prevent and cure scurvy. Large amounts could, however, cause oxalate poisoning. [Wild Plants of the Sierra Nevada]

35 Published articles of Oxyria digyna

Carduus edelbergii

Carduus edelbergii Rech.f.
Family: Compositae
Synonym: Carduus nutans var. lucidus DC.

Elaeagnus umbellata, Autumn Olive, Skærm-Sølvblad, アキグミ, koreansk silverbuske, Лох зонтичный, 보리수나무

Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Synonyms: Elaeagnus crispa Thunb., Elaeagnus crispa var. praematura Koidz., Elaeagnus longipes var. crispa (Thunb.) Maxim., Elaeagnuspadifolia K.Koch, Elaeagnus praematura (Koidz.) Araki, Elaeagnus umbellata var. nakaiana Araki, Elaeagnus umbellata I nakaiana (Araki) H.Ohba

Common name: Autumn Olive
Chinese: 牛奶子
Danish: Skærm-Sølvblad
Finnish: Sarjahopeapensas
German: Korallen-Ölweide
Hindi: Giwain, Kankal
Japanese: アキグミ
Korean: 보리수나무
Manipuri: হৈযাঈ Heiyai
Nepali: गुएली Guelee
Russian: Лох зонтичный
Serbian: Штитаста дафина
Swedish: koreansk silverbuske
Turkish: Japon iğdesi

Description: Elaeagnus umbellata grows as a deciduous shrub or small tree, typically up to 3.5 m tall, with a dense crown. It commonly bears sharp thorns in the form of spur branches. The leaves are alternate, 4–10 cm long and 2–4 cm wide, entire, but with wavy margins. The leaves are covered with minute silvery scales when they emerge early in spring, but turn greener above as the scales wear off during the summer. In this the plant differs from the related E. angustifolia, which remains silvery until it sheds its leaves in the fall.

The flowers are borne in the leaf axils in clusters of 1-7. They are pale yellowish-white, fragrant, and have a four-lobed corolla 1 cm long. The fruit is a small round drupe 1/4 to 1/3 inches (0.65 to 0.85 cm) in diameter. The unripe fruit is silvery-scaled and yellow. It ripens to red, dotted with silver or brown.

Shrub up to 4 m high. Seeds ellipsoid, constricted to both ends, with 8 distinct ribs, 5.4-6 x 2.4-2.8 mm. Surface smooth, dull, brown or black, ribs pale-brown. Native to China, Korea and Japan; in the Carpathians rarely cultivated in parks as an ornamental. [Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora]

80 Published articles of  Elaeagnus umbellata

Colebrookea oppositifolia, Pansra, Karimjetti, Binda, Bhaman, Bosik

Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm.
Family: Lamiaceae
Synonyms: Buchanania oppositifolia Sm. , Colebrookea ternifolia Roxb., Elsholtzia oppositifolia (Sm.) Poir., Sussodia oppositifolia (Sm.) Buch.-Ham

English: Indian Squirrel Tail
Chinese: 川滇香薷, 羽萼,
Hindi: बिंदा Binda, पांसरा Pansra
Konkani: भामिनी Bhamini
Malayalam: Karimjetti
Marathi: Dasai, भामण Bhaman
Nepali: धुर्सिल dhursil
Oriya: Bosik

Description: Large shrubs; stem and leaves densely tomentose. Leaves to 20 x 6 cm, elliptic, acuminate, crenulate, base acute to acuminate, nerves ca.10 pairs, oblique. Spikes to 10 x 0.5 cm, panicled, terminal, densely hairy. Flowers in close whorls; calyx 1.5 mm long; tube very short, densely white-hairy, lobes subulate; corolla 2 mm long, equally 4-lobed; stamens 4, exserted in male flowers, included in female flowers, filaments glabrous; style 2-fid at tip. Nutlets hairy at apex; fruiting calyx larger.

10 Published articles of Colebrookea oppositifolia

Cryptolepis dubia, Cryptolepis buchananii Krishnasariva, అడవిపాలతీగ, பலகொடி, krishnasariva

Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
Family: Apocynaceae
Synonyms: Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult., Cryptolepis reticulata (Roth) Wall, ex Steud., Nerium reticulatam Roxb., Periploca dubia Burm.f., Trachelospermum cavaleriei H.Lev., Trachelospermum gracilipes var. cavaleriei (H. Lev.) C.K. Schneid.

Common name: Wax Leaved Climber, Indian sarsaparilla
Hindi: काला बेल kala bel, karanta
Marathi: दूध वेल dudh-vel, कावळी kavali
Tamil: பலகொடி pala koti
Malayalam: കടുപാല്വള്ളി katupaalvalli, അടവിപ്പാല adavippala
Telugu: అడవిపాలతీగ adavipalatiga
Kannada: ಮೆದ್ಧಗೂಳಿ ಹಮ್ಬು medhaguli hambu
Oriya: Maloti
Sanskrit: कृष्णसारिव krishnasariva
Bengali: Shyamalata, Krishna Saarivaa
Hindi: Kaleesar, Kalee Anantmool

Ayurvedic uses: Agnimandya, Aruchi, Atisara, Jvara, kshaya, kushta, pradara, prameha, raktapitta, svasa, kasa, mukha daurangdhya, kandu, vata rakta, dehadurgandha [API, Part-1, Vol-IV]

Blood-purifier, alterative. Used for rickets in children. In combination with Euphorbia microphylla, the herb is used as a galactagogue. A decoction of the stem is used as a supporting drug in paralysis; of the root bark in rheumatism. Themajor constituent of the root extract is germanicol docosanoate. The roots contains cryptanoside C. The leaves gave cryptanoside A and B and a cardenolide, cryptosin. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]


30 Published articles of Cryptolepis dubia / Cryptolepis buchananii / Cryptolepis buchanani

Stereospermum tetragonum Stereospermum colais, ampuvakini, కలిగొట్టు, patala

Stereospermum tetragonum DC.
Synonyms: Bignonia caudata DC. Bignonia caudata Miq. ex C.B.Clarke ,  Bignonia colais Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn Bignonia tetragona Wall. ex DC. Dipterosperma personatum Hassk. Stereospermum caudatum (DC.) Miq. Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn) Mabb. Stereospermum hasskarlii Zoll. & Moritzi Stereospermum personatum (Hassk.) Chatterjee 

Common name: Yellow Snake Tree, Trumpet flower tree
Hindi: पारल paral, पारोली paroli
Manipuri: মিস্সী Missi
Marathi: पाडळ padal
Tamil: அம்பு ampu, அம்புவாகினி ampuvakini, பாடலம் patalam, பாதிரி patiri, புன்காலி punkali
Malayalam: കരിങ്ങഴ karingazha, പാതിരി paathiri, പൂപ്പാതിരി puuppaathiri
Telugu: అంబువాసిని anbuvasini, కలిగొట్టు kaligottu, పాదిరి padiri, పాటల patala
Kannada: ಕಲಾದ್ರಿ kalaadri, ಪಾದರಿ paadari
Bengali: পারুল parul
Oriya: pamphunia
Konkani: पाडल paadal
Urdu: پارل paral
Assamese: Dhapatita, পৰ্ৰোলী Parroli
Gujarati: પાડેલી padeli
Sanskrit: पाटला patala
Mizo: zinghal

5 Published articles of Stereospermum tetragonum

Tinospora crispa, イボツヅラフジ., Liane-quinine

Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson
Family: Menispermaceae
Synonyms: Menispermum crispum L., Tinospora gibbericaulis Hand.-Mazz., Tinospora mastersii Diels, Tinospora rumphii, Tinospora thorelii Gagnep.

Chinese: 发冷藤, 波叶青牛胆
French: Liane-quinine.
Japanese:  イボツヅラフジ.
Thai:  บอระเพ็ด   Bora phet,  Chung ching, Kuakhohoo (Don Daeng).

Description: Tinospora crispa (L.) Diels is a woody climber with numerous protrusions on the stem. Leaves are oblong-ovate, cordate, 8-9 cm by 7-8 cm and tapering to a pointed end. Flowers are small, with 6 petals, 2 mm in length and 8-27 cm racemes. Male flowers have yellow sepals whereas female flowers have green sepals. Drupelets are red, juicy and 7-8 mm long.[A Guide to Medicinal Plants - An Illustrated, Scientific and
Medicinal Approach]

Action: Antipyretic, Appetizer, Bitter Tonic, Lymphatic, Pectoral, Stomachic
Part Used: Stem
Internal Application: Boraphet (pronounced “bora-pet”) is used to treat any disease in which fever is the initial symptom. It also stimulates the appetite and is considered to be a bitter tonic especially beneficial for the lungs, bile, and lymphatic system. The Wat Po texts mention boraphet as a cure for intestinal parasites, stomach problems in babies, malaria, eye and ear disease, and for mucous congestion. Preparation: A foot-long segment of stem (about 30–40 grams) is pounded with a mortar and pestle. Mashed stalks are soaked in water, and strained. Decoction is drunk twice daily until fever is gone. Or one inch of fresh stem is chewed with lots of water 2–3 times daily. [A COMPENDIUM OF TRADITIONAL THAI HERBAL MEDICINE]

Action: Plant—diuretic, as powerful a febrifuge as cinchona. The plant contains a bitter principle picrotein and furanoditerpene glycoside, tinocrisposide. Stem, roots and tubers contain a diterpenoid— tinosporan, which appears to be closely related to columbin. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

Stem: Macerated in rum, cognac or absinthe and mixed with bark of Quassia amara into a bitter beverage to control diabetes and albuminuria; macerated in rum or white wine for a malaria remedy; macerated in white wine for a vermifuge and an appetite stimulant for infants. CHEM: Contains the antidiabetic alkaloid palmatine. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)]

73 Published articles of Tinospora crispa

Clerodendrum phlomidis, Agnimantha, Jayanthi, Arni

Clerodendrum phlomidis L.f.
Family: Lamiaceae

Sanskrit: Agnimantha, Jaya, Sriparni, Ganikarika, Jayanthi, Tarkari, Nadeyi, Vai jayanthi
Bengali: Ganiyari, Arani, Goniari
Gujarati: Arani, Aranimula, Arni
Hindi: Arni अर्नी, Urni
Kannada: Taggi gida
Malayalam: Munja
Marati: Takalimula
Oriya: Ganiary
Tamil: Taluddai, Tazhutazhai
Telugu: జయ చెట్టు, Taluki

Ayurvedic uses: Sotha, Pandu, Arsha, Vaatavikara, Vibandha, Agnimandya, Adhmana, Gulma, Mutrakruchha, Mutraghata [API]
Plant parts used in dyspepsia, stomachache, colic, cholera, dysentery, postnatal fever, during convalscence from measles. Root and bark—bitter tonic, used in debility and nervous disorders. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

43 Published articles of Clerodendrum phlomidis

Clerodendrum chinense, Clerodendrum philippinum

Clerodendrum chinense (Osbeck) Mabb.
Family: Lamiaceae / Verbenaceae

Synonyms: Clerodendrum philippinum, Agricolaea fragrans, Clerodendrum chinense var. simplex, Clerodendrum fragrans, Clerodendrum japonicum var. pleniflorum, Clerodendrum lasiocephalum, Clerodendrum macradenium, Clerodendrum roseum, Cryptanthus chinensis, Ovieda fragrans, Volkameria fragrans, Volkmannia japonica

Common name: Chinese Glory Bower, Honolulu rose, Glory tree, Stickbush
Manipuri: কুথপ অঙৌবা Kuthap angouba
Tamil: மத்ராஸ மல்லீ Madras Malli
Chinese: 白花臭牡丹
Finnish: Tuoksukohtalonköynnös, Tuoksukohtalonpensas

Uses: Leaf: Decoction is reputedly a remedy for difficult cases of scabies [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)]
Rheumatic arthritis, lumbago, beri-beri, edema, leukorrhea, bronchitis, hemorrhoids, prolapsed rectum, scrofula, chronic ostemyelitis [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants]

9 Published articles of Clerodendrum philippinum

Swertia cordata Charaita

Swertia cordata (Wall. ex G. Don) C.B. Clarke  
Family: Gentianaceae
Synonym: Ophelia cordata Wall. ex G. Don
Chinese: 心叶獐牙菜
Hindi: Charaita

Published articles of Swertia cordata

Rauvolfia tetraphylla, Sarpanasini, papataku, Pampukaalaachchedi, बडा चन्द्रिका, বড চন্দ্রিকা. Wild Snake Root

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.
Family: Apocynaceae

Common name: Wild Snake Root, Devil Pepper, Be Still Tree, American serpent wood, be still tree, devil root, milkbush
Bengali:     বড চন্দ্রিকা Bar Chandrika ,     গন্ধনকুলী Gandhanakuli
Chinese: 异叶萝芙木
Hindi: बडा चन्द्रिका barachandrika, Chandrabhaga
Tamil: Pampukaalaachchedi
Malayalam: Pampumkolli, Kattamalpori
Telugu: papataku, palagaridi
Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಂದ್ರಿಕೆ dodda chandrike
Bengali: বড চন্দ্রিকা bar chandrika, গন্ধনকুলী gandhanakuli
Oriya: patalagarudi
Sanskrit: वनसर्पगंधा Vanasarpagandha, सर्पनसिनी Sarpanasini
Description: Low shrub 0.5–1.5 m, sometimes to 4 m tall, stems woody, tan gray, sap milky. Leaves opposite or, more often, in whorls of 4, 2–12 cm long, 1–6 cm wide, elliptic to oblong, tip pointed to blunt, base blunt. Flowers white, radially symmetrical, tubular, petal lobes to 0.4 cm long; blooms most of the year; inflorescence in axils of leaves and much shorter than subtending leaf. Fruit fleshy, red, rounded, 0.5–0.8 cm wide; in small dense clusters at ends of twigs; fruits most of the year. [A Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica]

Activity: Allergenic, Analgesic, Antiaging, Antiedemic, Antirheumatic, Avicide, Curare, Diuretic, Expectorant, Hypotensive, Mydriatic, Narcotic, Parasiticide, Poison, Sedative, Tranquilizer.[Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America]

Root—sedative, hypotensive. Plant juice, mixed with castor oil, is applied to skin diseases and to destroy parasites. The plant contains a number of alkaloids, including rauvolscine, ajmalicine, canescine, reserpine, pseudoyohimbine; yohimbine, corynanthene, raunescine, iso-raunescine and recanescine. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

29 Published articles of Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Murdannia nudiflora, Kansura, Koshapushpi, Tali-pullu, काने झार

Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan
Family: Commelinaceae

Synonyms: Aneilema compressum Dalzell , Aneilema debile Wall. [Invalid] , Aneilema diandrum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid] , Aneilema diversifolium Hassk. , Aneilema foliosum Hassk. , Aneilema junghunianum Miq. , Aneilema lancifolium Griff. , Aneilema malabaricum (L.) Merr. , Aneilema minutum (Blume) Kunth , Aneilema nudicaule (Burm.f.) Loudon , Aneilema nudiflorum (L.) Sweet , Aneilema radicans D.Don , Aneilema trichocoleum Schauer , Callisia parvula Brandegee , Commelina diandra Steud., Commelina exilis Steud. [Invalid] , Commelina minuta Blume , Commelina nudicaulis Burm.f. , Commelina nudiflora L. , Commelina radicans (D.Don) Spreng. , Commelina sellowii Schltdl. , Cyanotis gueinzii Hassk. , Ditelesia nudiflora (L.) Raf. , Murdannia malabarica (L.) G.Brückn. , Phaeneilema diversifolium (Hassk.) G.Brückn. , Phaeneilema malabaricum (L.) V.Naray. , Phaeneilema nudiflorum (L.) G.Brückn. , Stickmannia guyanensis Raf. , Stickmannia longicollis Raf. , Tradescantia cristata Fern.-Vill. [Illegitimate] , Tradescantia malabarica L. , Aneilema nudiflorum (L.) R. Br. , Commelina nudiflora Burm. f. , Aneilema bracteolatum var. majus Seub. , Aneilema bracteolatum var. minus Seub. , Aneilema nudiflorum var. compressum (Dalzell) C.B.Clarke , Commelina nudiflora f. angustifolia C.B.Clarke , Murdannia malabarica var. compressa (Dalzell) Santapau & S.K.Jain

Common name: Naked-Stem Dewflower, Doveweed
Hindi: Kansura
Malayalam: Tali-pullu
Manipuri: Tandal pambai
Mizo: Dawng
Sanskrit: Koshapushpi
Nepali: काने झार Kane jhar, मसीनो काने Masino kane
Uses: Plant—used in burns, boils and sores.[Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

7 Published articles of Murdannia nudiflora