Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Adiantum lunulatum
Scientific Name and Description
Adiantum lunulatum Burm. f
Herb Family
Plant type
Fern
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Adiantum philippense L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
Hindi | Hamsapadi,dung tuli, hansapadi, hansapagi, hansraj, kali-jhant, kalijhamp, kalijhant, paresiyavasan, raja-hamsa |
Marathi | "Hanspadi, ghodkhuri, godepavlam, hansraj, kamsaraj, rajhans, supli |
Kannada | hamsapaadi, navalad |
Malayalam | avenka, nilamparanta |
Sanskrit | brahmadani, chitrapada, dharttarashtrapadi, ghritamandalika, godhangri, godhapadika, hamsahvaya, hamsapadi, hamsatamrapadi, hansaghri, hansapadi, hansavati, karnati, kiramata, kirapadika, kitamari, kitamata, madhusrava, padangi, raja, raktapadi, sancharini, shitangi, sitangi, sutapadika, suvaka, tridala, tripadi, tripadika, triphala, vikranta, vishvagranthi |
Telugu | baariki, banda nevali |
Common Names | hamsa fern, blunt maidenhair fern.Adiantum capillaris Presl. |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Adiantum lunulatum Burm. f. Fern Whole plant Ovulation enhancement; abortifacient; Allergy; Cough; Piles; Jaundice; epilepsy General Bhogaonkar and Kadam 2006, Das et al. 2014, Dey and De 2012, Krishna et al. 2011
References
Literature
Literature
Bhogaonkar and Kadam 2006,
Das et al. 2014
Dey and De 2012
Krishna et al. 2011
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol IV Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)