Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Begonia malabarica
Scientific Name and Description
Begonia malabarica LAM
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Begonia fallax A.DC.
Begonia hydrophila Miq.
Begonia rubrosetulosa (Hassk.) A.DC.
Diploclinium lindleyanum Wight
Mitscherlichia rubrosetulosa Hassk.
Begonia hydrophila Miq.
Begonia rubrosetulosa (Hassk.) A.DC.
Diploclinium lindleyanum Wight
Mitscherlichia rubrosetulosa Hassk.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Malayalam | tsjeria-narinampuli |
| Common Name | Malabar begonia |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Begonia malabarica Lam.
Habit -Herb
Parts used -Whole plant
Application -For head ache and to cure wounds; fever; diabetes; rheumatic pain; kidney stone; for stamina; nose infections;
Treatment -General
References -Ignacimuthu et al. 2008, Pandikumar et al. 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Ignacimuthu et al. 2008,
Pandikumar et al. 2009
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
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
Begonia malabarica. (2023, August 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia_malabarica