Plant Synonyms
Achiranthus sessilis
Alternanthera denticulata R. Brown
Alternanthera nodiflora R. Brown
Gomphrena sessilis L.
Alternanthera glabra Moq.
Alternanthera denticulata R. Brown
Alternanthera glabra
Alternanthera nodiflora R. Brown
Gomphrena sessilis L.
Illecebrum sessile L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | mukunawanna, water amaranth, sissoo spinach, Brazilian spinach, sessile joyweed, dwarf copperleaf |
| Hindi | gudre-saag, gudrisag, |
| Kannada | honagone soppu, honagonne, honagonne soppu |
| Malayalam | coluppa, koluppa, minannani, ponnankannikkira, ponnannani |
| Marathi | kanchari, koypa, laanchari |
| Sanskrit | lonika, matsyaksaka, matsyaksi, matsyaksika, minakshi, minaksi, patturah |
| Tamil | al, alaku1, antarnilai, anumacakanni, anumacakka, anumacakkay, cakaccai, cakatevi3, cakatevicceti, cempucattumuli, cenkanni, cirinakannicceti, cirinam, citaci, citacikannicceti, citalacatti,citalakkani, citalicceti, citani, citanicceti, citapu, citapuram, citevi, citevicceti, cittaman, cittamani, cittamanicceti, citti, comakanni, comakannicceti, comavallari, comavallaricceti, cukatir, curaiman, curaimankanni, cuvatuvarnam, intiranikani, intiranur, iruncatuvamaippuntu, kalavativalaki, kallukkalaikkattan, kallukkalaittan, kallukkattanceti, kani, kannukkanimuli, kannukkiniyan, karippavai, karippavaicceti, karpurakkanni, karpurakkannicceti, karpuram, katuncitalatti, kayacitti1, kayacitticci, kodupai, kotuppai, maccikkanni, maccikkannicceti, macciyacci, macciyankanicceti, macciyankanni, macciyatti, maicatci , menattukkanni, menatu, minatci, muci, natcattirantonri, nettiranaci, nirovati, pakalnatcattiramtonri, patturam, patumalayam,pautikamankai, pautikamankaicceti, perunkotuppai, pittacanti, pittacanticceti, ponkani, ponmeni, ponmuli, ponnaankanni, ponnakunkanni, ponnam kani, ponnan kani, ponnangani, ponnanganni, ponnangannikkirai, ponnangkani, ponnankani, ponnankanni, ponnannanikkirai, porkani, porkanni, punarkannikkirai, tacamaikkanni, tacamaikkannicceti, tai, tevarur, tirekacitti, tiyakkanni, tiyakkirai, ulavanikacceti, ulavanikam, umparur, utukatti, varikkani, varikkannicceti, vatuvarnam, vinnukkulmurtti, Gondi Keerai |
| Telugu | madanaganti, ponagantikura, ponna ganti-kura, ponnaganti koora |
| Tibetan | dza la pi pi la (d), tsha la pi pa la |
| Common Names | Tamil : Ponnankanni ,Citai, Koduppai Malayalam : Meenamgani, Ponnankannikkira Sanskrit : Matsyaki, lonica Hindi : Gudrisag, Garundi Kannada : Honagone soppu Telugu : Ponnagantikura Bengali : Chanchi, Haicha, Sachishak Marathi : Kanchari Manipuri : Phakchet Other Geographical names: French : Brede Chevrette, Magloire. Portuguese : Bredo-D, Periquito-Sessil, Perpétua. Indonesian : Daun Tolod Malaysia : Keremak. Sinhalese : Mukunu-Wenna, Mukunuwenna (මුකුනුවැන්න) Chinese : Lian Zi Cao, Bai Hua Zi Taiwanese : Horngtyan-wu |
| Common names | sissoo spinach, Brazilian spinach, sessile joyweed, dwarf copperleaf |
Herb contains 2, 4-methylenecycloartanol and cycloeucalenol, choline, oleanolic acid. Saponins have been isolated from the leaves. Roots contain lupeol. Young shoots contain protein and iron (Ghani, 2003). It also contains 5-a -stigmasta-7-enol (Asolkar et al., 1992; Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). The β- sitosterol possess potent anti-inflammatory by reducing the secretion of pro inflammatory cytokines and TNF.
Source: International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research 2014; 6(2); 249-254 ISSN: 0975-4873
The precious method in the Siddha Medicine is ‘Food as medicine’.
In that way, eating of sessile leaves is fried with ghee, which gives cooling effect to eyes, disease free life. It acts as a good anti-oxidant.
Relieves floating abdomen, liver diseases, vatha diseases.
The leaves are very effective in treating in cuts & wounds, antidote for snake bite & scorpion sting and skin diseases.
It calcifies copper into red powder (chind), which is very useful in gastric & duodenal ulcers, tamarind should be avoided.
Medicated oil prepared out of the juice of sessile plant as chief ingredient, used as bathing oil, gives cooling effect to eyes & body, neuritis, treating 96 types of eye, piles, Halitosis.
Dried whole plant is ussd as blood purifier and cures skin diseases.
Source: International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research 2014; 6(2); 249-254 ISSN: 0975-4873
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br.Alstroemeriaceae Ponnaganni keerai Herb Leaves Juice Antiobesity and Cardiovascular disease
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC.
Habit- Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Lactagogue; stomach ache; snake bite; aphthae; diarrhoea; edible; increase haemoglobin; swelling; night blindness; hair tonic; Anti ulceratives; excessive acidity in the body
Treatment - General
References - Bhat et al. 2012, Puravankara and Gopal 2012
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Literature
Citations
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