Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Allium cepa
Scientific Name and Description
Allium cepa L.
Cepa alba RENAULT
Cepa alba RENAULT
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cepa alba RENAULT
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | common onion, onion |
| Hindi | kanda, kando, piaz, piyaj, piyaz, pyaj, pyaz |
| Kannada | eerulli, irulli, kunbali, neerulli, nirulli, ullagaddi, vengayam |
| Malayalam | bawang, ceriyaulli, cuvannulli, eerulli, ira-vengayam |
| Marathi | kamdo, kanda, kandaa, piyav |
| Sanskrit | dirghapatra, durgandha, latarka, madhujam, mahakanda, mukhadusaka, nripakanda, nripapriya, nripavhaya, nripeshtha, palandu, palanduh, palanduhu, rajapalandu, rajapriya, rajeshtha, raktakanda, rochaka, siktha, sukandaka, yavaneshtha, yavanesta |
| Tamil | acam,aleriyam, aritarapasakam, cukantam, cukantanam, cukantaram, cukantarapputu, cukarantam, cukkirantam, cumirtam, eeravengayam, eerulli, enkalapputu, enkanapputu, etcam, ira-vengayam, irakayam, irakkacciyam, irakucci, irakuccipputu, irakuccittam, irakucittam, irankayam, iratam2, iravengayam, iravenkayam,iravulli, irulli, kaccanakayam, kaccankayam, kantaculikam, kantam, kapalakini, kapalakinipputu, karam, katikaropi, kayam, kayatari, kayattiri, kecaram,kuranacam, kutam,kutamakayam, mannai ,matukkamam, mesakaputpam, mukantakam, mukattusanam, mukatusikam, mullittalati, muttuppuvali, naimamicam, naimamicappuntu, nattirulli, niccayam, nicciyam1, nirulli, palan, palankayam, palantu,palantukam, pantu, recanam, tati, tirkkapattira,tirkkapattirakam,titcanakantakam,titcanakkantakayam, titcanakkantam, travenkayam, travulli, turturumam, ukkiranamam, ullegaddi, ulli, vallimatarai, vekuracakam, vekuracakappuntu, vella-vengayam, vellai venkayam, vellavengayam, vengayam, venggayum, venkaayam, venkan, venkayam, venkayam , venkayappuntu, yiravenkayam |
| Telugu | erra ulligadda, erragaddalu, neermulli, neerulli, nirulli, ulli gaddalu, vuligaddalu, vulligaddalu, vullipayalu, yerragadda |
| Tibetan | ba la nda (p), pa la na da (d), pa la nda |
| Urdu | piyaz, piyaz safaid, piyaz taza, pyaz, tukhm piyaz, tukhm-i-piyaz |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bulb
Ethnopharmacology use
Allium cepa Linn. Onion Liliaceae Herb Bulb Kampferol, Β-Sitosterol, Ferulic Acid, Myritic Acid, Prostaglandins
- Allium cepa L. Amaryllidaceae Vengaayam Herb Bulbils Paste Antidiabetic and Blood pressure
Allium cepa L
Habit- Herb
Parts used - Bulbs
Application - Chicken pox fever; diabetes; to expel poison by vomiting; boils; blisters; cuts; stomachache; bronchitis; Amenorrhoea and Abnormal Menstruation; impotency; contraceptive; snake bite; aphrodisiac; rheumatism
Treatment - General, Women
References - Bhat et al. 2012, Ignacimuthu et al. 2008, Kadhirvel et al. 2010, Patel 2010
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Bhat et al. 2012
Ignacimuthu et al. 2008
Kadhirvel et al. 2010
Patel 2010
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
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)