Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Basella rubra
Scientific Name and Description
Basella rubra L.
Herb Family
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Basella alba L. var. rubra (L.) STEWART
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common Names | Red spinach, Ceylon spinach, Vine spinach |
| Hindi | Lal mechakurant, Mechakurant,poi |
| English | ceylon or indian spinach, ceylon spinach, indian spinach, malabar nightshade, malabar spinach |
| Kannada | baayi basale, basale |
| Malayalam | basella, pachala, vasalaccira |
| Marathi | maayaalachivel, mayalachivel, mayalu, velbondi, vhali, vhalichi-bhaji, wahlea |
| Sanskrit | apoedika, malava, potaki, putika, upodaka, upodaki, upodika |
| Tamil | atipatati, atipatatikkoti, ayinalikam, ayinilikakkoti, cekkai, cekkaippacalikkoti, cempacalai, cempacalai, cempucattumuli, cevappuppacalai, ciappukkatippacalaik koti, civappanapacalai, civappukkati, civappukkotippacalai, civappukkotippacalai, kodip-pasalai-kkirai, kotippacalai, kotippacalai-k-kirai, pacalai, pacalai, pacarai, pachalai, paslakkirai, perumpacalai, perumpacalaikkirai, perumpaciri, potakam , potaki , potakikkoti, putikam , vaslakire |
| Telugu | bachali, bachchali-kura, karubachali, pedda bachali |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
References
Literature
Literature
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)