Scadoxus multiflorus, Blood lily, കുടമുല്, ว่านแสงอาทิตย์, Hồng tú cầu, Ail rouge, Mumhandwe

Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf.
Family: Amaryllidaceae

Synonyms: Haemanthus multiflorus, Amaryllis multiflora (Martyn) Tratt.,  Haemanthus abyssinicus Herb.,  Haemanthus andrei De Wild.,  Haemanthus arabicus M.Roem.,  Haemanthus arnoldianus De Wild. & T.Durand,  Haemanthus bequaertii De Wild.,  Haemanthus bivalvis Beck,  Haemanthus cecilae Baker,  Haemanthus colchicifolius Salisb.,  Haemanthus cruentatus Schumach. & Thonn.,  Haemanthus delagoensis Herb.,  Haemanthus eurysiphon Harms,  Haemanthus filiflorus Baker ex Hiern,  Haemanthus kalbreyeri Baker,  Haemanthus lynesii Stapf,  Haemanthus micrantherus Pax,  Haemanthus mildbraedii Perkins, Haemanthus nicholsonii Baker,  Haemanthus otaviensis Dinter,  Haemanthus rupestris Baker,  Haemanthus sacculus E.Phillips,  Haemanthus sacculus Phillips,  Haemanthus seretii De Wild.,  Haemanthus somaliensis Baker,  Haemanthus tenuiflorus Herb,  Haemanthus tenuiflorus var. coccineus Hook.f.,  Haemanthus tenuiflorus var. mocambicensis Herb.,  Haemanthus zambesiacus Baker,  Nerissa multiflorus (Martyn) Salisb.  ,  Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus,

English: Common fireball, Blood lily
Malayalam: കുടമുല്ല
Thai: ว่านแสงอาทิตย์
Ukranian: Скадоксус багатоквітковий
Vietnamese: Hồng tú cầu
Chinese: 网球花
Finnish: Loistotupsu
French: Ail rouge
Shona: Mumhandwe

Description: Perennial herb, growing from a large bulb. The plants die back every year and usually flower before the leaves fully develop. A single spherical inflorescence, containing up to 150 individual flowers, is borne on a fleshy stem.

Bulbs reported as being very poisonous. The juice of Haemanthus multiflorus is supposed to produce dangerous, swelling of the lips and tongue, salivation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. These alkaloids are highly toxic and their indiscriminate use is potentially lethal. Known to be lethal to stock mainly goats and sheep, and the leaves appear to have exactly the same toxic effects as the bulb. Bulb used for, cough and snakebite; pounded leaves for diarrhea and dysentery; roots powder for wounds, ulcers; boiled root infusion against child cough. Used in conjunction with a number of, other plants, as an arrow poison, the bulbs are used to make, a fishing poison; also used to treat dropsy, scabies and poorly healing wounds. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

Used in Scabies, poultice for local inflammation ( Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition)

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Ilex dipyrena

Ilex dipyrena Wall.
Family: Aquifoliaceae

Synonyms: Ilex bioritsensis var. integra H.F. Comber, Ilex cunninghamii Loudon, Ilex dentonii hort. ex Loudon, Ilex dipyrena var. connexiva W.W. Sm., Ilex dipyrena var. paucispinosa Loes., Ilex monopyrena G. Watt ex Loes., Nemopanthus andersonii Pasq.

English: Himalayan Holly
Chinese: 刺叶冬青, shuang he gou gu
Finnish: Himalajanorjanlaakeri

Description: A small to medium sized tree. Bark dark grey and rough. Shoots and twigs puberulous, glabrate. Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, 6.5-12 x 2.6-3.7 cm, coriaceous, margin spinose, thickened and slightly revolute, sometimes entire (in older leaves), subacuminate, midrib prominent on undersurface, impressed above, lamina glabrous and shiny above. Petiole 2-4 mm long, minutely pubescent. Flowers bi- or unisexual, in axillary globose clusters, whitish-green, 4-merous, bracteoles 2, triangular ovate, ± 1 mm long, pubescent. Petals obovate, connate at the base, free in the female flowers. Stamens adnate basally to the petals. Ovary ovoid, stigma sessile. Drupe globose, 10-12 mm broad, red-scarlet; pyrenes 2, plano-concave, 6 x 5mm, back deeply ribbed.  

Leaves diuretic, purgative. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

2 Published articles of Ilex dipyrena

Impatiens racemosa

Impatiens racemosa DC
Family: Balsaminaceae
Common name: Yellow Long-Tailed Balsam
Chinese: 总状凤仙花
Nepali: तनतारी Tantari, अनचिरना Anchirna

Description: Plants annual, (3-)20-60 cm tall. Stem erect, branched, glabrous. Leaf petiole (0.2-)1-2.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, (1.5-)5-10 × (0.5-)2-4(-5) cm, membranous, both surfaces glabrous, setose between teeth, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, base cuneate, attenuate into petiole, margin crenate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary or subterminal, racemose, 2-10 cm, 4-10-flowered; peduncles often over subtending leaves, slender. Pedicels slender, bracteate at base; bracts persistent, ovate-lanceolate, small, apex glandular. Flowers yellow or pale yellow, small; buds apically rounded. Lateral sepals 2, red when dry, falcate or obliquely ovate, small, 2-3 mm, with 1 gland at one side of upper margin, apex aristate. Lower sepal navicular, usually 1.1-1.8 cm deep including spur, narrowed into an incurved, long spur, or spur very short or absent. Upper petal cucullate, orbicular, 3-5 × 5-8 mm, abaxial midvein not thickened; lateral united petals not clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes ovate to orbicular, 2-5 × 1.5-3 mm; distal lobes broadly dolabriform, 0.7-1.4 × 0.4-0.7 cm, apically 2-lobed, apex rounded; auricles rounded. Anthers obtuse. Capsule linear or narrowly clavate, to 2.5 cm. Seeds many, brown, oblong. Fl. Jun-Aug.

Leaves and roots paste mixed with mustard oil applied for rheumatic pains [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]


2 Published articles of Impatiens racemosa

Nicotiana rustica, Wild tobacco, Brazilan tobacco

Nicotiana rustica L.
Family: Solanaceae

• Common name: Wild tobacco, Brazilan tobacco
• Hindi: तम्बाखू Tambakhu
• Kannada: naati hogesoppu
• Urdu: Tambaku sarti تمباکو سرتی
• Chinese: 小花烟
• Finnish: palturitupakka
• French: Tabac rustique
• Italian: tabacco brasile
• Russian: мацхорка
• German: Bauern-Tabak

Description: Herbs annual, 40-60(-120) cm tall, with viscid, glandular hairs. Petiole 5-15 cm; leaf blade ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, 10-30 cm, membranous, glandular hairy, base cordate or rounded. Inflorescences many-flowered, compact to lax panicles. Pedicel 3-7 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, 7-12 mm; lobes deltate, unequal. Corolla greenish yellow, tubular; tube 1.2-2 cm; limb ca. 4 mm in diam.; lobes short, obtuse, apiculate. Stamens unequal. Capsules subglobose, 1-1.6 cm. Seeds brown, oblong, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

Used  for  tobacco  and  as  an  insecticide,  topical  analgesic,  anesthetic,  narcotic,  sedative,  emetic;  plant  decoction  as  a  wash  against  poison.  Ritual,  bright  green  leaves  powder  rubbed on the skin, over the forearm, temples, stomach, legs,  for a ritual cleansing. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

N. tabacum infusions in enemas as a home remedy, from the cutaneous absorption of the alkaloid during commercial tobacco harvesting, or from the ingestion of cigarettes or purified nicotine. Initial gastrointestinal symptoms may be followed by those typical of nicotine poisoning; these include hypertension, large pupils, sweating, and perhaps seizures. Severe poisoning produces coma, weakness, and paralysis that may result in death from respiratory failure. [Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, 2nd Ed]

Nicotiana rustica is known as Kalakatiyaa or Vfilaayati tobacco. Its nicotine content is high and is not suitable for cigarettes, cigars or bidis. Different variants of this tobacco are used for hookah, chewing and snuff. [Indian Medicinal Plants an Illustrated Dictionary]

690 Published articles of Nicotiana rustica

Nicotiana rustica, Wild tobacco, Brazilan tobacco

Nicotiana rustica L.
Family: Solanaceae

• Common name: Wild tobacco, Brazilan tobacco
• Hindi: तम्बाखू Tambakhu
• Kannada: naati hogesoppu
• Urdu: Tambaku sarti تمباکو سرتی
• Chinese: 小花烟
• Finnish: palturitupakka
• French: Tabac rustique
• Italian: tabacco brasile
• Russian: мацхорка
• German: Bauern-Tabak

Description: Herbs annual, 40-60(-120) cm tall, with viscid, glandular hairs. Petiole 5-15 cm; leaf blade ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, 10-30 cm, membranous, glandular hairy, base cordate or rounded. Inflorescences many-flowered, compact to lax panicles. Pedicel 3-7 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, 7-12 mm; lobes deltate, unequal. Corolla greenish yellow, tubular; tube 1.2-2 cm; limb ca. 4 mm in diam.; lobes short, obtuse, apiculate. Stamens unequal. Capsules subglobose, 1-1.6 cm. Seeds brown, oblong, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

Used  for  tobacco  and  as  an  insecticide,  topical  analgesic,  anesthetic,  narcotic,  sedative,  emetic;  plant  decoction  as  a  wash  against  poison.  Ritual,  bright  green  leaves  powder  rubbed on the skin, over the forearm, temples, stomach, legs,  for a ritual cleansing. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

N. tabacum infusions in enemas as a home remedy, from the cutaneous absorption of the alkaloid during commercial tobacco harvesting, or from the ingestion of cigarettes or purified nicotine. Initial gastrointestinal symptoms may be followed by those typical of nicotine poisoning; these include hypertension, large pupils, sweating, and perhaps seizures. Severe poisoning produces coma, weakness, and paralysis that may result in death from respiratory failure. [Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, 2nd Ed]

Nicotiana rustica is known as Kalakatiyaa or Vfilaayati tobacco. Its nicotine content is high and is not suitable for cigarettes, cigars or bidis. Different variants of this tobacco are used for hookah, chewing and snuff. [Indian Medicinal Plants an Illustrated Dictionary]

690 Published articles of Nicotiana rustica

Nicotiana rustica, Wild tobacco, Brazilan tobacco

Nicotiana rustica L.
Family: Solanaceae

• Common name: Wild tobacco, Brazilan tobacco
• Hindi: तम्बाखू Tambakhu
• Kannada: naati hogesoppu
• Urdu: Tambaku sarti تمباکو سرتی
• Chinese: 小花烟
• Finnish: palturitupakka
• French: Tabac rustique
• Italian: tabacco brasile
• Russian: мацхорка
• German: Bauern-Tabak

Description: Herbs annual, 40-60(-120) cm tall, with viscid, glandular hairs. Petiole 5-15 cm; leaf blade ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, 10-30 cm, membranous, glandular hairy, base cordate or rounded. Inflorescences many-flowered, compact to lax panicles. Pedicel 3-7 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, 7-12 mm; lobes deltate, unequal. Corolla greenish yellow, tubular; tube 1.2-2 cm; limb ca. 4 mm in diam.; lobes short, obtuse, apiculate. Stamens unequal. Capsules subglobose, 1-1.6 cm. Seeds brown, oblong, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

Used  for  tobacco  and  as  an  insecticide,  topical  analgesic,  anesthetic,  narcotic,  sedative,  emetic;  plant  decoction  as  a  wash  against  poison.  Ritual,  bright  green  leaves  powder  rubbed on the skin, over the forearm, temples, stomach, legs,  for a ritual cleansing. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

N. tabacum infusions in enemas as a home remedy, from the cutaneous absorption of the alkaloid during commercial tobacco harvesting, or from the ingestion of cigarettes or purified nicotine. Initial gastrointestinal symptoms may be followed by those typical of nicotine poisoning; these include hypertension, large pupils, sweating, and perhaps seizures. Severe poisoning produces coma, weakness, and paralysis that may result in death from respiratory failure. [Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, 2nd Ed]

Nicotiana rustica is known as Kalakatiyaa or Vfilaayati tobacco. Its nicotine content is high and is not suitable for cigarettes, cigars or bidis. Different variants of this tobacco are used for hookah, chewing and snuff. [Indian Medicinal Plants an Illustrated Dictionary]

690 Published articles of Nicotiana rustica

Nicotiana rustica, Wild tobacco, Brazilan tobacco

Nicotiana rustica L.
Family: Solanaceae

• Common name: Wild tobacco, Brazilan tobacco
• Hindi: तम्बाखू Tambakhu
• Kannada: naati hogesoppu
• Urdu: Tambaku sarti تمباکو سرتی
• Chinese: 小花烟
• Finnish: palturitupakka
• French: Tabac rustique
• Italian: tabacco brasile
• Russian: мацхорка
• German: Bauern-Tabak

Description: Herbs annual, 40-60(-120) cm tall, with viscid, glandular hairs. Petiole 5-15 cm; leaf blade ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, 10-30 cm, membranous, glandular hairy, base cordate or rounded. Inflorescences many-flowered, compact to lax panicles. Pedicel 3-7 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, 7-12 mm; lobes deltate, unequal. Corolla greenish yellow, tubular; tube 1.2-2 cm; limb ca. 4 mm in diam.; lobes short, obtuse, apiculate. Stamens unequal. Capsules subglobose, 1-1.6 cm. Seeds brown, oblong, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

Used  for  tobacco  and  as  an  insecticide,  topical  analgesic,  anesthetic,  narcotic,  sedative,  emetic;  plant  decoction  as  a  wash  against  poison.  Ritual,  bright  green  leaves  powder  rubbed on the skin, over the forearm, temples, stomach, legs,  for a ritual cleansing. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

N. tabacum infusions in enemas as a home remedy, from the cutaneous absorption of the alkaloid during commercial tobacco harvesting, or from the ingestion of cigarettes or purified nicotine. Initial gastrointestinal symptoms may be followed by those typical of nicotine poisoning; these include hypertension, large pupils, sweating, and perhaps seizures. Severe poisoning produces coma, weakness, and paralysis that may result in death from respiratory failure. [Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, 2nd Ed]

Nicotiana rustica is known as Kalakatiyaa or Vfilaayati tobacco. Its nicotine content is high and is not suitable for cigarettes, cigars or bidis. Different variants of this tobacco are used for hookah, chewing and snuff. [Indian Medicinal Plants an Illustrated Dictionary]

690 Published articles of Nicotiana rustica

Pseudocaryopteris foetida

Pseudocaryopteris foetida (D.Don) P.D.Cantino
Family: Lamiaceae

Synonyms: Caryopteris foetida (D.Don) Thell., Caryopteris grata (Wall. ex Walp.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke, Clerodendrum foetidum D.Don, Clerodendrum gratum Wall. ex Walp., Vitex sexdentata Wall. ex Schauer,

Distribution: Pakistan, northern India, Nepal.

Root juice given for diarrhea and dysentery [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

I didn't find any pharmacological references of this plant as on the date of posting.

Foeniculum vulgare

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Family: Apiaceae

Synonyms: Anethum dulce DC. , Anethum foeniculum L. , Anethum minus Gouan , Anethum panmori Roxb., Anethum panmorium Roxb. ex Fleming , Anethum pannorium Roxb. , Anethum piperitum Ucria  , Anethum rupestre Salisb. , Foeniculum azoricum Mill. , Foeniculum capillaceum Gilib. , Foeniculum divaricatum Griseb. , Foeniculum dulce Mill. , Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) H.Karst. Foeniculum giganteum Lojac., Foeniculum officinale All. , Foeniculum panmorium (Roxb.) DC. , Foeniculum piperitum C.Presl , Foeniculum rigidum Brot. ex Steud. , Foeniculum vulgare var. capillaceum Burnat , Foeniculum vulgare subsp. capillaceum (Burnat) Holmboe , Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Batt. & Trab. , Foeniculum vulgare var. inodorum Maire , Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum (C.Presl) Bég. , Foeniculum vulgare var. piperitum (C.Presl) Ball , Foeniculum vulgare var. sativum C.Presl , Foeniculum vulgare subsp. sativum (C.Presl) Janch. ex Holub , Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Roth , Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Crantz , Meum foeniculum (L.) Spreng. , Meum piperitum Schult. , Ozodia foeniculacea Wight & Arn. , Selinum foeniculum E.H.L.Krause , Seseli dulce Koso-Pol. , Seseli foeniculum Koso-Pol. , Seseli piperitum Koso-Pol. , Tenoria romana Schkuhr ex Spreng.

Various vernacular names:
English: fennel; Albanian: Kopër; Arabic: شمار; Armenian: Սամիթ; Assamese: Guamoori; Azerbaijani: Razyana; Basque: Mehul; Bengali: মৌৰী: Mauri: ; Bulgarian: Резене; Burmese: Samong-saba: ; Catalan: Fenoll; Chinese: 茴香: ; Croatian: Koromač; Czech: Fenykl; Dutch: Venkel; Esperanto: Fenkolo; Estonian: Venkel; Finnish: Fenkoli; French: Fenouil; Galician: Fiuncho; Georgian: კამა; Gujarati: Wariari; Hebrew: שומר; Hindi: मोटी: सौंफ: Moti: Saunf: ; Hungarian: Édeskömény: ; Icelandic: Fennika; Indonesian: Jinten: manis: ; Italian: Finocchio: comune: ; Japanese: フェンネル: ; Kannada: ಬಡೇಸೋಪು: ; Korean: 회향: ; Lithuanian: Pačiolis; Malay: Adas; Malayalam: Preumjirakam; Maltese: Bużbież; Marathi: बडीशेप: ; Norwegian: Fennikel; Oriya: Pan: mohuri: ; Polish: Fenkuł; Portuguese: Funcho; Romanian: Anason: dulce; Russian: Аптечный: укроп: ; Sanskrit: Madhurika: ; Sinhalese: Maduru; Slovak: Fenikel: obyčajný: ; Slovenian: Sladki: komarček: ; Spanish: Hinojo: ; Swahili: Shamari; Swedish: Fänkål; Tagalog: anis; Tamil: சோம்பு; Telugu: సోపు; Thai: เทียนข้าวเปลึอก: ; Turkish: Mayana; Ukrainian: Фенхель: звичайний; Urdu: Sonf; Welsh: ffennigl; 

Description: Plants 0.4–2 m. Lower petioles 5–15 cm; blade broadly  triangular in outline, 4–30 × 5–40 cm, 4–5-pinnatisect; ultimate segments linear, 1–6 × ca. 0.1 mm. Umbels 5–9 cm across; peduncles 2–25 cm; rays 6–29(–40), unequal, 1.5–10 cm; umbellules 14–39-flowered; pedicels thin, 2–10 mm, unequal. Fruit 4–6(–10) × 1.5–2.2(–2.5) mm. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Sep

Aromatic, carminative, and stomachic, the employment of fennil is confined to the same indications as for anise, carraway, and other aromatics. The weak infusion, in frequent doses, is useful in wind, flatulence, and difficulty in digestion; for wind and other infantile complaints, when accompanied with flatulence and griping, the infusion is of the greatest utility. As a combination with purgative medicines, especially with senna and rhubarb, it is well adapted, as, while it exerts no strong stimulant action, it effectually corrects any tendency to griping, and for this purpose is preferred, as an adjuvant to this particular medicine, to other agents of its class. (Botanic Pharmacopoeia)

Used in Ayurveda. Dry leaves infusion for cough. Diuretic, carminative,  antidiarrheal,  analgesic,  antipyretic,  antimicrobial,  hypotensive,  antioxidant,  insecticide,  antimytotic. Flowers, leaves and seeds used to aid digestion, for dysmenorrhea, stomachache and hernia pain. Seeds chewed in case of menstrual disorders. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

Used in Allergies, Colic, Digestive disorders, Flatulence and intestinal gas, Indigestion, Inflammation, Sinusitis, Stomach ache and abdominal pain, Women’s health conditions [Dominican Medicinal Plants: A Guide for Health Care Providers]

Fennel  seed  is  carminative,  aromatic,  antispasmodic,  anti inflammatory,  galactagogue,  hepatic, diuretic and emmenagogue. Fennel is an  excellent  stomach  and  intestinal  remedy  which  relieves  fl flatulence and colic whilst also stimulating  the  digestion  and  appetite.  In  India,  fennel  water is given in colic and  flatulence of children.  A hot infusion of the fruit is useful in amenorrhoea and in cases where the lacteal secretion is  suppressed. The oil is useful in  flatulence. The juice of the fennel fruit has been used to improve  the eyesight and a paste of the seeds is used in a  cooling  drink  in  fevers  and  in  scalding  urine.  Extracts  of  fennel  seed  have  been  shown  in  animal studies to have a potential use in the treatment  of  glaucoma.  In  Madras,  fennel  seed  are  employed  in  venereal  diseases;  in  Mexico  a  decoction  of  fennel  seeds  is  administered  as  a  galactagogue;  in  Antilles,  they  are  used  as  a  stimulant. It is similar to aniseed in its calming  effect on bronchitis and coughs. It may be used to   flavour cough remedies. It has been reported to increase  the   fl ow  of  milk  in  nursing  mothers. [Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Vol-5]

Foeniculum vulgare , fennel, is used in Greco-Arab and Islamic medicine as well as in other different medical systems. Fennel is known for its laxative properties. It is also used as a muscle relaxant as well as to treat urinary disorders. In the eastern Mediterranean countries, fennel is used for its therapeutic effects on the gastrointestinal system as a pain reliever as well as for its diuretic properties. Experimental as well as human studies demonstrated that fennel oil had antispasmodic and relaxing effects on smooth muscles.[Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine Traditional System, Ethics, Safety, Efficacy, and Regulatory Issues]

Medicinal Uses of Foeniculum vulgare in Sindh: Seeds are used against abdominal discomfort and constipation in children. 1. Method of use for abdominal discomfort: Seeds are chew and extract formed in mouth is taken inside. 2. Method of use for constipation in children:
3-5 g of seeds are pour in 200 mL of water for 30-40minutes and 1-2 spoon of that water is given to the children. [Medicinal Plants of Sindh : Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Facts]

Stem  and  Leaf:  Piece  of  branch  is  cooked  with  other  ingredients  and  administered periodically to children to remedy vomiting. Leaf: Infusion for infant's stomachache. Seed: Ingested to dispel gas. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ]

970 Published articles of  Foeniculum vulgare

Foeniculum vulgare

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Family: Apiaceae

Synonyms: Anethum dulce DC. , Anethum foeniculum L. , Anethum minus Gouan , Anethum panmori Roxb., Anethum panmorium Roxb. ex Fleming , Anethum pannorium Roxb. , Anethum piperitum Ucria  , Anethum rupestre Salisb. , Foeniculum azoricum Mill. , Foeniculum capillaceum Gilib. , Foeniculum divaricatum Griseb. , Foeniculum dulce Mill. , Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) H.Karst. Foeniculum giganteum Lojac., Foeniculum officinale All. , Foeniculum panmorium (Roxb.) DC. , Foeniculum piperitum C.Presl , Foeniculum rigidum Brot. ex Steud. , Foeniculum vulgare var. capillaceum Burnat , Foeniculum vulgare subsp. capillaceum (Burnat) Holmboe , Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Batt. & Trab. , Foeniculum vulgare var. inodorum Maire , Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum (C.Presl) Bég. , Foeniculum vulgare var. piperitum (C.Presl) Ball , Foeniculum vulgare var. sativum C.Presl , Foeniculum vulgare subsp. sativum (C.Presl) Janch. ex Holub , Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Roth , Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Crantz , Meum foeniculum (L.) Spreng. , Meum piperitum Schult. , Ozodia foeniculacea Wight & Arn. , Selinum foeniculum E.H.L.Krause , Seseli dulce Koso-Pol. , Seseli foeniculum Koso-Pol. , Seseli piperitum Koso-Pol. , Tenoria romana Schkuhr ex Spreng.

Various vernacular names:
English: fennel; Albanian: Kopër; Arabic: شمار; Armenian: Սամիթ; Assamese: Guamoori; Azerbaijani: Razyana; Basque: Mehul; Bengali: মৌৰী: Mauri: ; Bulgarian: Резене; Burmese: Samong-saba: ; Catalan: Fenoll; Chinese: 茴香: ; Croatian: Koromač; Czech: Fenykl; Dutch: Venkel; Esperanto: Fenkolo; Estonian: Venkel; Finnish: Fenkoli; French: Fenouil; Galician: Fiuncho; Georgian: კამა; Gujarati: Wariari; Hebrew: שומר; Hindi: मोटी: सौंफ: Moti: Saunf: ; Hungarian: Édeskömény: ; Icelandic: Fennika; Indonesian: Jinten: manis: ; Italian: Finocchio: comune: ; Japanese: フェンネル: ; Kannada: ಬಡೇಸೋಪು: ; Korean: 회향: ; Lithuanian: Pačiolis; Malay: Adas; Malayalam: Preumjirakam; Maltese: Bużbież; Marathi: बडीशेप: ; Norwegian: Fennikel; Oriya: Pan: mohuri: ; Polish: Fenkuł; Portuguese: Funcho; Romanian: Anason: dulce; Russian: Аптечный: укроп: ; Sanskrit: Madhurika: ; Sinhalese: Maduru; Slovak: Fenikel: obyčajný: ; Slovenian: Sladki: komarček: ; Spanish: Hinojo: ; Swahili: Shamari; Swedish: Fänkål; Tagalog: anis; Tamil: சோம்பு; Telugu: సోపు; Thai: เทียนข้าวเปลึอก: ; Turkish: Mayana; Ukrainian: Фенхель: звичайний; Urdu: Sonf; Welsh: ffennigl; 

Description: Plants 0.4–2 m. Lower petioles 5–15 cm; blade broadly  triangular in outline, 4–30 × 5–40 cm, 4–5-pinnatisect; ultimate segments linear, 1–6 × ca. 0.1 mm. Umbels 5–9 cm across; peduncles 2–25 cm; rays 6–29(–40), unequal, 1.5–10 cm; umbellules 14–39-flowered; pedicels thin, 2–10 mm, unequal. Fruit 4–6(–10) × 1.5–2.2(–2.5) mm. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Sep

Aromatic, carminative, and stomachic, the employment of fennil is confined to the same indications as for anise, carraway, and other aromatics. The weak infusion, in frequent doses, is useful in wind, flatulence, and difficulty in digestion; for wind and other infantile complaints, when accompanied with flatulence and griping, the infusion is of the greatest utility. As a combination with purgative medicines, especially with senna and rhubarb, it is well adapted, as, while it exerts no strong stimulant action, it effectually corrects any tendency to griping, and for this purpose is preferred, as an adjuvant to this particular medicine, to other agents of its class. (Botanic Pharmacopoeia)

Used in Ayurveda. Dry leaves infusion for cough. Diuretic, carminative,  antidiarrheal,  analgesic,  antipyretic,  antimicrobial,  hypotensive,  antioxidant,  insecticide,  antimytotic. Flowers, leaves and seeds used to aid digestion, for dysmenorrhea, stomachache and hernia pain. Seeds chewed in case of menstrual disorders. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

Used in Allergies, Colic, Digestive disorders, Flatulence and intestinal gas, Indigestion, Inflammation, Sinusitis, Stomach ache and abdominal pain, Women’s health conditions [Dominican Medicinal Plants: A Guide for Health Care Providers]

Fennel  seed  is  carminative,  aromatic,  antispasmodic,  anti inflammatory,  galactagogue,  hepatic, diuretic and emmenagogue. Fennel is an  excellent  stomach  and  intestinal  remedy  which  relieves  fl flatulence and colic whilst also stimulating  the  digestion  and  appetite.  In  India,  fennel  water is given in colic and  flatulence of children.  A hot infusion of the fruit is useful in amenorrhoea and in cases where the lacteal secretion is  suppressed. The oil is useful in  flatulence. The juice of the fennel fruit has been used to improve  the eyesight and a paste of the seeds is used in a  cooling  drink  in  fevers  and  in  scalding  urine.  Extracts  of  fennel  seed  have  been  shown  in  animal studies to have a potential use in the treatment  of  glaucoma.  In  Madras,  fennel  seed  are  employed  in  venereal  diseases;  in  Mexico  a  decoction  of  fennel  seeds  is  administered  as  a  galactagogue;  in  Antilles,  they  are  used  as  a  stimulant. It is similar to aniseed in its calming  effect on bronchitis and coughs. It may be used to   flavour cough remedies. It has been reported to increase  the   fl ow  of  milk  in  nursing  mothers. [Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Vol-5]

Foeniculum vulgare , fennel, is used in Greco-Arab and Islamic medicine as well as in other different medical systems. Fennel is known for its laxative properties. It is also used as a muscle relaxant as well as to treat urinary disorders. In the eastern Mediterranean countries, fennel is used for its therapeutic effects on the gastrointestinal system as a pain reliever as well as for its diuretic properties. Experimental as well as human studies demonstrated that fennel oil had antispasmodic and relaxing effects on smooth muscles.[Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine Traditional System, Ethics, Safety, Efficacy, and Regulatory Issues]

Medicinal Uses of Foeniculum vulgare in Sindh: Seeds are used against abdominal discomfort and constipation in children. 1. Method of use for abdominal discomfort: Seeds are chew and extract formed in mouth is taken inside. 2. Method of use for constipation in children:
3-5 g of seeds are pour in 200 mL of water for 30-40minutes and 1-2 spoon of that water is given to the children. [Medicinal Plants of Sindh : Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Facts]

Stem  and  Leaf:  Piece  of  branch  is  cooked  with  other  ingredients  and  administered periodically to children to remedy vomiting. Leaf: Infusion for infant's stomachache. Seed: Ingested to dispel gas. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ]

970 Published articles of  Foeniculum vulgare

Ammi majus, Itarilaal, Khalah

Ammi majus L.
Family: Apiaceae

Synonyms: Aethusa ammi Spreng., Ammi boeberi Hell. ex Hoffm., Ammi broussonetii DC., Ammi cicutifolium Willd. ex Schult., Ammi elatum Salisb., Ammi glaucifolium L., Ammi intermedium DC., Ammi majus var. glaucifolium (L.) Mérat, Ammi majus var. glaucifolium (L.) Noulet, Ammi majus var. heterophyllum Lowe, Ammi majus var. intermedium (DC.) Gren. & Godr., Ammi majus var. isophyllum Lowe, Ammi majus var. laciniatum Godr., Ammi majus var. serratum Mutel, Ammi majus var. tenue Ball, Ammi majus var. tenuifolium Lowe, Ammi pauciradiatum Hochst. ex A.Rich., Ammi pumilum (Brot.) DC., Anethum pinnatum Ruiz & Pav. ex Urban, Apium ammi Crantz , Apium ammi-maius Crantz, Apium candollei M.Hiroe, Apium petraeum Crantz, Apium pumilum (Brot.) Calest., Carum majus (L.) Koso-Pol., Cuminum aethiopicum Royle, Cuminum regium Royle, Daucus glaber Parsa , Daucus parsae M.Hiroe, Helosciadium lateriflorum Koch, Pimpinella capillacea Poit. ex Urb., Pimpinella lateriflora Link, Selinum ammoides E.H.L. Krause, Sison fasciculatum Pohl ex DC., Sison haenkei C.Presl ex DC., Sison lateriflorum Bertol., Sison majus Eaton & Wright, Sison pumilum Brot., Visnaga vulgaris Bubani

• English: large bullwort
• Chinese: 大阿米芹
• Dutch: Groot akkerscherm
• Finnish: Isosudenporkkana
• French: Ammi élevé, Grand ammi
• German: Grosse Knorpelmöhre 
• Hebrew: אמיתה גדולה
• Italian: rizzomolo
• Portuguese:  gertrudes 
• Russian: Амми большая
• Spanish: ameo bastardo
• Swedish: slöjsilja
• Unani: Itarilaal, Khalah 

Description: Glabrous, c. 1 m tall, branched. Leaves 5-20 cm long, pinnate or bipinnate; segments lanceolate or oval; margin serrate to setulose; teeth minute; basal leaves sometimes simple. Peduncles 6-12 cm long. Involucre of divided bracts; segments filiform. Rays 10-35, slender, 3-6 cm long. Involucel of 6-10 linear to lanceolate bractlets, acuminate. Flowers numerous. Fruit oblong, c. 2 mm long.

Skin contact with the sap is said to cause photosensitivity  and/or dermatitis in some people; allergic rhinitis and contact  urticaria due to exposure to the fruits. Seeds contraceptive,  diuretic,  tonic,  emmenagogue,  molluscicidal,  antibacterial,  fungicidal, used for asthma, menstruation, angina, leprosy,  kidney stones and urinary tract infections; dried ripe fruits  (or seeds) for skin diseases such as psoriasis and vitiligo; root  or seeds chewed to give protection from strong sunlight. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

Source of xanthotoxin, a drug employed in the treatment of leucoderma. Dried fruit powder or extract of the plant is used topically in vitiligo. The fruits contain ammoidin (xanthotoxin), ammidin (imperatorin) and majudin (bergapten). All the three compounds are used in leucoderma. Maximum xanthotoxin content is found in green fruits from Jammu. The 8-MOP, methoxypsoralen constituent of the weed is one of the first agents used along with UVA radiation to treat psoriasis. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

Used  in  the  treatment  of  vitiligo,  include both  8-  and  5-methoxypsoralen  along  with  imperatorin
(8-isopentenyloxypsoralen). [Medical Hrebalism - The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine]

Ammi majus fruit contains amorphous glucoside 1%, tannin 0.45%, oleoresin  4.76%, acrid oil 3.2%, fixed oil 12.92%, proteins 13.83% and cellulose 22.4%. This is one of the richest sources of linear furocoumarins.  Ivie (1978) evaluated the furocoumarin chemistry of taxa  Ammi  majus  and  reported  the  presence  of  xanthotoxin,    bergapten,  imperatorin, oxypencedanin, heraclenin, sexalin, pabulenol and many other compounds.  Furocoumarins have  bactericidal,  fungicidal,  insecticidal,  larvicidal,  moluscicidal,  nematicidal,  ovicidal, viricidal and herbicidal activities. [Medicinal Plants Kerala Ag University]

Uses described in traditional medicine As an emmenagogue to regulate menstruation, as a diuretic, and for treatment of leprosy, kidney stones and urinary tract infections. [WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants - Volume 3]

257 Published articles of Ammi majus

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

 

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam.
Family: Araliaceae

Synonyms: Chondrocarpus sibthorpioides Sweet,  Hydrocotyle americana var. monticola (Hook. f.) Hiern,  Hydrocotyle keelungensis Liu, Chao & Chuang,  Hydrocotyle monticola Hook. f.,  Hydrocotyle rotundifolia Roxb. ex DC.,  Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides var. sibthorpioides,  Hydrocotyle tenella Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don,  Hydrocotyle nitidula A.Rich.,  Hydrocotyle perexigua Hance,  Hydrocotyle puncticulata Miq.,  Hydrocotyle splendens Zoll. ex Miq.,  Hydrocotyle zollingeri Molk.

English: lawn marshpennywort
Chinese:石胡荽
French: hydrocotyle
Japanese: chidome
Sundanese: antanan leutik

Whole plant abortifacient, astringent, anthelmintic, analgesic, diuretic, vermifuge, useful in rheumatism, sore throat,  fungal  infection  in  mouth,  thrush,  pulmonary  and  digestive  troubles,  syphilis,  skin  diseases,  a  cough  remedy  for  children; decoction given in diarrhea and body pain; juice  dropped into ear in earache and also given to kill intestinal  worms; pounded mixture of Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides with  flowers of Musa balbisiana applied on ulcers. Leaves for skin  diseases.
Hepatitis, bladder stones, flu, cough. [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants: Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]

69 Published articles of Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Melilotus indicus, Vanamethika

 

Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Family: Fabaceae

Synonyms: Melilotus bonplandii Ten. , Melilotus indica (L.) All. [Spelling variant] , Melilotus indicus subsp. permixtus (Jord.) Rouy , Melilotus melilotus-indica Asch. & Graebn. [Spelling variant] , Melilotus melilotus-indicus Asch. & Graebn. , Melilotus officinalis sensu Bojer , Melilotus parviflora Desf. [Spelling variant] , Melilotus parviflorus Desf. , Melilotus permixtus Jord. , Melilotus tommasinii Jord. , Sertula indica (L.) Kuntze , Trifolium indica L. [Spelling variant] , Trifolium indicum L. , Trifolium melilotus L. , Trifolium melilotus var. indicum L. , Trifolium melilotus indicus L. , Trifolium melilotus-indica L.,

Common name: Indian Sweet Clover, Yellow sweet clover, Small Melilot

• Arabic: قرط (قُرط)، نفل( نَفَل)، نفله (نَفَلَه، نَفْلَه)، نفل (نِفِل)
• Assamese: বন মেথী Ban Methi
• Bengali: বন মেথী Ban methi
• Chinese: 野苜蓿
• Dutch: Kleine honingklaver
• Estinisan: India mesikas
• Finnish: Intianmesikkä
• French: Mélilot à petites fleurs
• German: Kleinblütiger Steinklee
• Hindi: बन मेथी Ban methi, Morila, Senji methi
• Marathi: रान मेथी Ran methi
• Nepali: मेथी घाँस
• Portuguese: Anafe-menor
• Russian: Донник индийский
• Sanskrit: वनमेथिका Vanamethika
• Swedish: Dvärgsötväppling

Description: Erect annual herb, 15-60 cm tall, stem pubescent. Petiole 1.5-3.8 cm long, leaflets 1.2-2.5 cm long, 7-10 mm broad, oblong or lanceolate, dentate, obtuse, retuse or truncate, glabrous to subglabrous. Inflorescence a 10-16-flowered raceme, peduncle up to 3 cm long. Bracts c. 0.5 mm long, pedicel c. 1 mm long, reflexed after flowering. Calyx c. 1.5 mm long. Corolla 2-3 mm long, yellow. Fruit 1.5-4 mm long, with prominent veins, 1-seeded.

Used  in  Ayurveda.  Whole  plant  toxic  to  livestock.  Plant  juice applied to treat cuts and wounds; whole plant taken as a  purgative, a very strong laxative; plant as a plaster for swellings; plant used in beds as a bedbug repellent. Leaf extract  along with lemon juice applied over skin eruptions; leaves  rubbed on skin to cure itching. Leaves and seeds infusion for  stomachache,  emollient.  Seeds  useful  in  bowel  complaints  and infantile diarrhea [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

14 Published articles of Melilotus indicus

Melilotus indicus, Vanamethika

 

Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
Family: Fabaceae

Synonyms: Melilotus bonplandii Ten. , Melilotus indica (L.) All. [Spelling variant] , Melilotus indicus subsp. permixtus (Jord.) Rouy , Melilotus melilotus-indica Asch. & Graebn. [Spelling variant] , Melilotus melilotus-indicus Asch. & Graebn. , Melilotus officinalis sensu Bojer , Melilotus parviflora Desf. [Spelling variant] , Melilotus parviflorus Desf. , Melilotus permixtus Jord. , Melilotus tommasinii Jord. , Sertula indica (L.) Kuntze , Trifolium indica L. [Spelling variant] , Trifolium indicum L. , Trifolium melilotus L. , Trifolium melilotus var. indicum L. , Trifolium melilotus indicus L. , Trifolium melilotus-indica L.,

Common name: Indian Sweet Clover, Yellow sweet clover, Small Melilot

• Arabic: قرط (قُرط)، نفل( نَفَل)، نفله (نَفَلَه، نَفْلَه)، نفل (نِفِل)
• Assamese: বন মেথী Ban Methi
• Bengali: বন মেথী Ban methi
• Chinese: 野苜蓿
• Dutch: Kleine honingklaver
• Estinisan: India mesikas
• Finnish: Intianmesikkä
• French: Mélilot à petites fleurs
• German: Kleinblütiger Steinklee
• Hindi: बन मेथी Ban methi, Morila, Senji methi
• Marathi: रान मेथी Ran methi
• Nepali: मेथी घाँस
• Portuguese: Anafe-menor
• Russian: Донник индийский
• Sanskrit: वनमेथिका Vanamethika
• Swedish: Dvärgsötväppling

Description: Erect annual herb, 15-60 cm tall, stem pubescent. Petiole 1.5-3.8 cm long, leaflets 1.2-2.5 cm long, 7-10 mm broad, oblong or lanceolate, dentate, obtuse, retuse or truncate, glabrous to subglabrous. Inflorescence a 10-16-flowered raceme, peduncle up to 3 cm long. Bracts c. 0.5 mm long, pedicel c. 1 mm long, reflexed after flowering. Calyx c. 1.5 mm long. Corolla 2-3 mm long, yellow. Fruit 1.5-4 mm long, with prominent veins, 1-seeded.

Used  in  Ayurveda.  Whole  plant  toxic  to  livestock.  Plant  juice applied to treat cuts and wounds; whole plant taken as a  purgative, a very strong laxative; plant as a plaster for swellings; plant used in beds as a bedbug repellent. Leaf extract  along with lemon juice applied over skin eruptions; leaves  rubbed on skin to cure itching. Leaves and seeds infusion for  stomachache,  emollient.  Seeds  useful  in  bowel  complaints  and infantile diarrhea [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

14 Published articles of Melilotus indicus

Uraria picta

Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC.
Family: Leguminosae

Synonyms: Doodia picta Roxb. , Hedysarum pictum Jacq. , Uraria aphrodisiaca Welw. , Uraria leucantha Span. , Uraria linearis Hassk.

Common name: Dabra
Chinese: 美花狸尾豆
Bengali: Sankarjata, Salpani, Chhalani, Chakule
Gujrati: Pithavan
Japan: hosoba-fuji-bô-gusa
Hindi: Dabra, Pitvan, Shankaraja
Kannada : Murele Honne, Ondele honne, Prushniparni
Malayalam: Muvila, Orila
Malayan names: ekor kuching
Marathi: Pitvan, Prisniparni, Ranganja
Nepal: dabra
Nigeria: alupayida
Oriya: Isworojota
Sanskrit: Andhriparni, Chitraparni, Sinhapuchchi, Kalasi
Tamil: Sittirappaladai, Chittirappalatai, Oripai
Telugu: Kolkuponna కొలుకుపొన్న

Description: Erect perennial, undershrub, 20-180 cm tall, branches pubescent. Lower leaf 1-3-foliolate, upper 5-9-foliolate, leaflets of the lower leaf 2-8 cm long, 2.0-3.0 cm broad, ovate; of upper leaves, 7-25 cm long, 5-25 mm broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, often variegated, glabrescent above, pubescent below, petiole 3.5-6.5 cm long; stipules 4.5-5.0 mm long. Inflorescence rachis 10-70 cm long, peduncle 0-5 cm long. Bracts 1.4-2.5 cm long, acuminate, completely concealing the bud, deciduous. Pedicel 6-9 mm long. Calyx 4-5 mm long, pubescent, hairs tubercular-based, lobes 4-5 mm long. Corolla purple, pink or bluish, 8-9 mm long. Fruit 5-9 mm long, with 3-6 segments, each 2-3 mm broad, glabrous, smooth, polished, folded on one another.

Ayurveda uses: Atisara, Chardi, Daha, Jvara, Kasa, Raktatisara, Raktavikara, Svasa,   Unmada,   Vatarakta,   Vrana,   Vataroga,   Raktarsha. Kaphajamadatyaya Trishna, Nataprabala, Netra roga, Asthibhagna.Whole plant decoction prescribed in the treatment of gonorrhea. Root poultice mixed with honey given as a drink for impotence; roots for abdominal pain, body ache and fever. For snakebite, root pulverized, mixed in hot water, drunk. Leaves decoction taken for cough; leaf juice antipyretic, styptic. Juice of fruit applied to treat sore mouth, especially of children. Magico-religious beliefs, a traditional remedy through plant wreath, twig worn around the neck to treat toothache; tribal snake charmers use dried seeds for catching poisonous snakes. Veterinary medicine, root infusion given to cattle not feeding.

Root—prescribed for cough, chillsandfevers. Leaves—antiseptic, used for urinary discharges and genitourinary infections. [Indian Medicinal Plants - An Illustrated Dictionary]

38 Published articles of Uraria picta

Astragalus leucocephalus

Astragalus leucocephalus Bunge
Family: Leguminosae

Chinese: 白序黄耆, 白花黄芪,  bai xu huang qi
Nepali: pataka

Description: Stem caespitose, ascending c. 7-20 cm, densely tomentose. Leaves imparipinnately compound, c. 2.5-11 cm long, leaflets 21-41, c. 3-7 mm long, oblong, entire, obtuse or subacute, densely pubescent, hairs white, spreading; stipules foliaceous, adnate below the middle. Inflorescence pedunculate compact raceme; peduncle c. 5-15 cm long, white tomentose. Bracts lanceolate. Pedicel less than 1 mm long. Calyx c. 4-5 mm long, pubescent, hairs white, spreading. Corolla pale yellow. Vexillum c. 6-8 mm long. Keel shorter than vexillum and wing. Fruit c. 4-5 mm long, sessile, finely pubescent, unilocular, 3-4-seeded.

Published article: 
Phytochemical investigation of the whole plant of Astragalus leucocephalus
Rao, Y. Jayaprakash; Reddy, Ch Ramakrishna; Gangadhar, N.; et al.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY SECTION B-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY INCLUDING MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY  Volume: 48   Issue: 9   Pages: 1329-1332   Published: SEP 2009

Vicia faba, Broad beans

Vicia faba L.Family: Fabaceae

Synonyms: Faba bona Medik. , Faba equina Medik. , Faba faba (L.) House , Faba major Desf. , Faba minor Roxb. , Faba sativa Bernh. , Faba vulgaris Moench , Orobus faba Brot. , Vicia esculenta Salisb. , Vicia faba subsp. faba , Vicia vulgaris Gray

Common name: Broad Bean

• Arabic: ful
• Chinese: 佛豆, 南豆, 竖豆, 胡豆,蚕豆
• Dutch: Tuinboon,
• Finnish: haerkaepapu, Härkäpapu, peltopapu
• French: Fève des marais, Féverolle, Vesce cultivée, Poisette, Vesce Fève
• German: Ackerbohne, Saubohne,
• Hindi: Bakla बाकला
• Italian: Fava
• Japanese: gora-mame, otafuku-mame, ソラマメ
• Persian: bagli, bakila
• Polish: bob
• Portuguese: Fava
• Russian: konskij bob, конский боб
• Spanish: Haba
• Swedish: bondböna
• Tagalog: Habas
• Turkish: Bakla,
• Welsh: ysgewyll Brysel

Description: Erect tannual, 60-120 cm tall. Leaflets 2-6, 4.0-10.0 cm long, 1.0-4.0 cm broad, oval to elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous; stipules 10-17 mm long. Flowers 1-6, axillary. Calyx 12-15 mm long, cup oblique, lower teeth longer, c. 5 mm long. Corolla white with dark violet wings. Fruit 8-20 cm long, c. 1.0-2.0 cm broad, pubescent. Seeds 2.0-3.0 cm, ovoid-oblong.

Used in Sidha. Broad beans are not poisonous to humans in the conventional sense, but they cause favism, a hemolytic anemia, in susceptible individuals. These individuals have a genetically transmitted, male sex-linked deficiency to the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Certain groups such as Oriental Jews, Mediterranean Europeans, Arabs, Asians, and blacks may have the deficiency. The disease can cause death in severe cases. Flour from seeds used as emol- lient and resolvent. Ceremonial medicine. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

As a folk medicine, faba bean has been used as a diuretic, lithontripic, expectorant, or tonic.[Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Vol-2]

Digestive diseases, skin diseases [Ethnomedicinal Plants Revitalization of Traditional Knowledge of Herbs]

482 Published articles of Vicia faba