Barleria prionitis Sahacara Vajradanti

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Barleria prionitis

Scientific Name and Description

Barleria prionitis Linn.

Herb Family

Acanthaceae

Plant type

Shrub

Plant Synonyms

Barleria echinata St.-Lag.
B. hystrix L.
B. prionitis var. pubescens Kuntze
B. quadrispinosa Stokes
B. spicata Roxb.
Prionitis hystrix (L.) Miq.
P. pubiflora Miq.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	bajradanti, catserina, jinti, Jhinti, kat-sareya, katsareya, peela bansa, vajradanti, Vajradanti
Kannada	gorante, gorantedai, gorata, gorate, gorati, goratige, gotle hoo, kuranta, kurantaka, kurantika, kurantike, mullu goranta, mullu goranti, mullu gorate, mullu jaali, mullu madarangi, mullugoranta, mullugorante, mullugorantta, mullugorate, mullumadarangi
Malayalam	cemmulli, chemmulli, chemulli, coletta-veetla, colettaveetla, karimkurunni, kolattevettila, kollattuvettila, kurrivetila, kuttivetila, shemmulli, vetilakkutti, vetilakurri, vettilamatippu
Marathi	kalsunda, kholeta, koranti, koreta, koti, pivaalakoranta, pivaalakoreta, pivalakoranta, pivalakoreta, pivia-koranta, Kantkari
Sanskrit	ananta, artagala, bana, bhindi, dasi, dasikurantaka, jhinti, jhintika, kakubha, kanaka, kantakuranta, karuntaka, katasarika, kinkirata, kinkiratah, koranda, korandaka, koranta, kurabaka, kuranta, kurantah, kurantaka, kurantakah, kuravaka, mahasaha, mridukanta, pitahkurantakah, pitamlana, pitapushpaka, pitasaireyaka, pura, rujakara, saha, sahaacara, sahacara, sahacarah, sahachara, saireya, saireyaka, saireyakah-pitah, sairiyaka, sairyaka, sairyakah, sauriyaka, shvetapushpa, udyanapaki, vajradanti, vira, Vajradanti
Tamil	araniyaccokicceti, araniyacoki, atotitacceti, atotitam, cakacam, cayiriyakam, cayiriyam, cemmulli, cemmullikirai, chemmulli, civatamulli, civatamullicceti, kattu kanakambaram, kodippachalai, kollakikacceti, kollakikam, korannam, korantam, kotippacalai, kotivayalai, kovindam, kovintacceti, kovintam, kudan, kuranci, kurinchi, kurinji, kutan, kutanacacceti, kutanacam, mancatcemmulli manja chemmulli, manjachemulli, mirutam, mituri, muli, mulli, mulliver, pitakantakacceti, pitakantakam, pitani, potanavakki, semmulli, sengudan, shemmoollie elley, shemmuli, shemmulli, vajjiratanti,varamulli, vatarokacamani, vettargutti, Vajravalli
Telugu	gobbi, gobbi gorinta, konda gobbi, kondagobbi, mulla gorinta, mullu gorinta, mullugoranata, mullugoranta, mullugorinta, mullugunta, mulugorata, mundla gobbi, mundlagobbi, pachagoranta, pachhagoranta, pachhamulu goranta, thellamulla aaku
Rajasthan Region	Bajardanti
Common Name	Vajradanti , Porcupine flower,

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Roots

Bark

Leaves

Whole plant

Twig

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Decoction of plant is used as a wash in dropsy.
Decoction of young branches and bark relieves pain and swelling in the gums.
Fresh juice of bark is diaphoretic and expectorant.
Twigs are used as tooth-brush.
Root extract is taken orally for leucorrhoea.
Root paste is applied externally to reduce boils and glandular swellings.
The fresh leaves are crushed and tied on the wounds for early healing and to relieve rheumatic pains, scabies and itches.
Gargling with leaf decoction relives toothache.
The leaf juice is useful in fever and cough.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Barleria prionitis L. Mulla gorinta Acanthaceae Root Fever, immune restorative

Barleria prionits L. Kati-korati Acanthaceae Tooth ache, digestive problems

Barleria prionitis L. Shrub Whole plant To relieve toothache; asthma; urinary irritation; tooth decay; gingival wounds; antiasthmatic; antiseptic; rheumatism General Bhat et al. 2012, Lingaraju et al. 2013