Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Anisomeles malabarica Karimthumpa
Scientific Name and Description
Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R. Br. ex Sims
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Nepeta malabarica L.
Plectranthus malabaricus
Ajuga fruticosa Roxb.
Epimeredi malabaricus (L.) Rothm.
Nepeta pallida Salisb.
Stachys mauritiana Pers.
Anisomeles intermedia Wight ex Benth.
Craniotome mauritianum (Pers.) Bojer
Anisomeles cuneata J.Jacq
Plectranthus malabaricus
Ajuga fruticosa Roxb.
Epimeredi malabaricus (L.) Rothm.
Nepeta pallida Salisb.
Stachys mauritiana Pers.
Anisomeles intermedia Wight ex Benth.
Craniotome mauritianum (Pers.) Bojer
Anisomeles cuneata J.Jacq
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | catnip , Vrijvadi Gandha,Malabar catmint |
| Hindi | codhara, gopoli, Vrijvadi Gandha , Patharchur |
| Kannada | gandu beerana gida, gandu karee thumbe, gandu karee thumbe gida, gandu kari thumbe, gandubeerana gida, kareebanta, karithumbe, karithumbi, karitumbe, moga beeru soppu |
| Malayalam | karimtumpa, karintumba, karintumpa, karitumpa, pemarutti, perumtumba, peruntumba, peruntumpa, peyi-meratti, peymeratti,Karpooravalli |
| Marathi | chodhara, chowdhaari, kaaka thumba, kak-tumbo, pandaachodhara, sundara, sundraphul, Gandieri |
| Sanskrit | alamoola, bootankooshum, brahmani, butan-kusham, butan-kushum, devaputri, mahadrona, mahadronah, marunmala, oshthaphala, pisuna, sprkka, vaikuntha, vaikunthah |
| Tamil | catumpai, chadumbai, cukatika, cukatikamiratticceti, erumaipinari, erumuttaippinari, iratai-pey-marutti, irattai pey maruti, irattai peymarutti, irattai-p-peymiratti, irattaippeymarutti, irattaippeymiratti, irattaippiramattai, karintoomba, karuntumpai, miratti, navittantai1, nettaippeymarutti, nettaippiramattai, nettappiramattai, nettay pemayrutie, paeyemaruti, pai verutti, paicacam, palampaci, pemayrutie, perunthumbai, peruntumpai, pey marutti, pey varutti paicacam, pey-marutti, peya-verutti, peyameratti, peyimarutti, peymarutti, peymiratti, peyppalamiratti , peyppalamiratticceti, peyvarutti, peyverutti, peyverutticceti, putankucam, rattai peimarutti, sadumbai, vattappeymarutti, vedhuppadaki, vetuppatakki, Ayappan keerai |
| Telugu | china-rana-bheri, chinna ranabheri, chinna-ranabheri, chinnaranabheri, maabheri, mabheri, maga beera, magabeera chettu, magabira, magabri, moga bheri, moga-bira, mogabheri, mogbeeraku, Pagadi chettu |
| Bengali | Ghoranim |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R. Br. ex Sims Shrub Whole plant Snakebite; carminative; astringent; stomachic; rheumatism; fever; colic dyspepsia and catarrhal affections; wounds; anti-inflammatory and anti-pyretic; dysentery General Dey and De 2012, Ramya 2008, Valsaraj et al. 1997
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Dey and De 2012
Ramya 2008
Valsaraj et al. 1997
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
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
Citations
Herb citations
Anisomeles malabarica. (2023, July 17). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisomeles_malabarica