Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Agave cantala
Scientific Name and Description
Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Agave americana L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | american aloe, bombay aloe, cantala, cantala fibre, century plant, maguey, manila maguey |
| Hindi | bans-keora, banskeora, bara-kanvar, barakanwar, barakhawar, bilatipat, gawar-patha, hathi-sengar, hathisengar, jangli-gawar-patha, jangli-kanvar, kantala, rakas-pattah, rakaspattah, ram ban, ram bans, ramban, ramkanta, Kantala , Sisal |
| Kannada | aane kathhaale, aane katthaale, aane mundi, anekatali, anekatalle, anekattale, anekattali, anemundai, bhoothaale, bhutale, bhuttala, bhuttale, daddoli, devva baale, devvabale, kalnaaru, kalnaru, kaluaru, kathhaale, kaththale, katthaale naaru, rakshasa baale, rakshasabale |
| Malayalam | airoppakkaita, anakyitha, eroppakaita, natkaida, nattukaita, panam-katrazha, panamkatrazha, panankarrala, panankattaa, panankattazha, seemakaitha,Kantala |
| Marathi | ghaayapaatha, ghayal, ilaitikedara, janglianarash, rakaspatta, redi-ananas, vilaaythikorkand, vilayatikorkand, Kantale , Sisal |
| Sanskrit | kalakantala, kantala |
| Tamil | aanai katralai, alagai, alakai, allikkoni, anai-k-karralai, anai-kattaleyi, anaik-kartazhai, anaik-katrazhai, anaikkaralai, anaikkarralai, anaikkattalai, anekatali, irakacimatal, irakacimattai, irakkacimattai, karunkali, karunkalikarralai, karunkarralai, kathalai, kattukkarralai, kattukkatalai, marakkarralai, miruttari, miruttarikkarralai, naykkarralai, panankarralai, perunkarralai, peruntalai, peyccetikam, peykkarralai, peyuvitakkarralai, peyuvitam |
| Telugu | banda-kattala, chager-matta, changanara, kalabanda, kalambanda, kittanara, kitthanaara, piyyatikalabanda, raakshasikalanbanda, raakshasimadalu, raakshasimatta, rakashi-mattalu, rakashimatalu, rakshasimatta, saga-nara, sanga |
| Common names | Kantala, Sisal |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck
Habit-Shrub
Parts used -Leaves, root
Application -Cuts; wounds and burns; snake bite
Treatment -General
References -Kumar et al. 2007
References
Literature
Literature
Kumar et al. 2007
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Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH