Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Balanites roxburghii
Scientific Name and Description
Balanites roxburghii Planch
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Balanites roxburghii PLANCH.
Ximenia aegyptiaca L.
Agialid roxburghii (Planch.) Kuntze
Balanites indica Tiegh.
Balanites jacquemontii Tiegh.
Balanites rigida Royle ex B.D.Jacks.
Coccocypselum herbaceum Royle
Ximenia aegyptiaca L.
Agialid roxburghii (Planch.) Kuntze
Balanites indica Tiegh.
Balanites jacquemontii Tiegh.
Balanites rigida Royle ex B.D.Jacks.
Coccocypselum herbaceum Royle
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Jinghani, baam, hingan, hingan-ka- per, hingan-ka-per, hingen, hingol, hingora, hingorni, hingot, hingota, hingotia, hingotio, hingoto, hingu, hingudi, ingna, ingua |
| Marathi | Moha,hingalbet, hingam, hingan, hingan bet, hingane, hingu |
| Kannada | hingaata, hingalat, hingaloru, hingoloro, ingala, ingalaarada mara, ingalada mara, ingalara, ingalarade, ingalare, ingaleeka, ingalika, ingalike, ingalukke, inglara, ingudi, ingulada mara, ingulaka, meenu mara |
| Malayalam | namunta, nanchunta, nancunta, nunjoonda |
| Sanskrit | akantaka, angaravrksa, angarvriksha, angulidala, anilantaka, bhallakiviriksha, daruparnaphala, dirghakanta, gaurtvaka, gouritvae, hinguputra, inguda, ingudam, ingudi, ingudi-vraksha, ingudi-vrikshaka, ingudivrikshaha, ingul, inguni, jalajantu, kantaka, krisharaka, kroshtuphala, munipadapa, putigandha, putranjiva, putripatra, shulari, tailabija, tailaphala, tanupatra, tapasadruma, tapasamudrama, tapasataru, tapasavrksa, tiktaka, tiktarnajja, vinashaka |
| Tamil | nanchundan, nancuntan, nancuntan pattai, nanjunda, nanjundan, toruvattu |
| Telugu | gaara, gara, gara-chettu, gari, ingalu mullu, ingudi, ringri |
| Tibetan | i ngu da |
| Urdu | hingot |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Flowers
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Balanites roxburghii Planch. Tree Flower, fruit, bark, stem Pertussis; Corneal opacity; Ephemeral fever General Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
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)
Citations
Herb citations
Balanites roxburghii. (2024, May 24). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanites_roxburghii