Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Anamirta cocculus
Scientific Name and Description
Anamirta cocculus (L.) WIGHT & ARN.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cocculus suberosus DC.
Menispermum cocculus L.
Menispermum cocculus L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | cocculus indicus, fish berries, picrotoxin |
| Hindi | jermae, kakamari, kakmari, kakmari-ke-binj |
| Kannada | chiplothi, chippula kaayi, chipula kolli, chipulu, ciplotte, cipullukolli, cipulu, garuda phala, haenu beeja, kaage maari, kaagemaari, kaaka maari, kaakamaari, kaaki soppu gadde, kaakkisoppu gade, kagemari, kakamari, kakamari-bija, kakisoppugadde, kakkisoppugade |
| Malayalam | anakrytu, anamrytu, garalaphala, garaphala, kaandakaconuveh, kantakakonnuveli, kantakakunavam, karanta-kattin-kaya, karantakam, kollakkaya, meenanu, minnannu, miunannu, nacattinkayi, naccattinkaya, nanjinkuru, nanjukuru, nanninkuru, pellakkaya, pettumarunnu, polla, pollaconuveh, pollak-kaya, pollakkaya, pullukunavam |
| Marathi | garudaphal, kaakmaaari, kaarvi, kadu-phal, kakmari, karwi |
| Sanskrit | dhvankshanakhi, garalaphala, kakadani, kakahva, kakamari, kakanashika, kakaphala, kakmari, kaphala, raktala, raktika |
| Tamil | cantiropam, kakacollie verei, kakakulli, kakamari, kakanacam, kakkai kolli, kakkai-k-kolli, kakkaikolli, kakkakolivirai, kakkakoly virai, kakkakolyvirai, kakkay-k-kolli, kakkay-kolli-virai, kakkayk kolli, kakkaykkolli, kakkaykolli, kakkaykollivirai, muratayam, naicikam, nancukkottai, pen kottai, pen-kottai, penkottai, vayacam |
| Telugu | kaaka maari, kaaki chempa, kaka-mari, kakamari, kaki-champa, kakichempoo, kakmari, kodi thige, koditeega, koditige, thippathige, tippateega, tippatige |
| Urdu | mahijehreh |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight and Arn. Climbing shrub Bark, fruit, leaves, stalk Convulsive poison and as insecticide; for easy delivery; fish poison; skin diseases; abortifacient; ear ache; fever; cough; diarrhoea; Jaundice; vomiting; influenza; lithiasis; blenorrhagia General; pregnant women Rahmatullah et al. 2012, Udayan et al. 2007
References
Literature
Literature
Rahmatullah et al. 2012,
Udayan et al. 2007
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Citations
Herb citations
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112