Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Benkara malabarica
Scientific Name and Description
Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Randia malabaricum LAM.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Kannada | belakari, bilekaremullu, mairkari, mayikare, sannakare, sennakari, timikare, timmakare |
| Malayalam | ben-kara, thimmakara, tumpakara |
| Tamil | kuttippatavam, matukkarai, mulpavattai, pitacceti, pudan, tutaimatti |
| Telugu | bedali, bedalika, chinnamanga, nagari, pedali, pedalli, pedally, pedam, pedamalle, pedamalli, pedayi, pedda malle |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng. Small tree Leaves, root, bark, fruit Abdominal pain and throat infection; wound healing; asthma; rheumatic pains General Kanthasamy Kalaichelvi 2016
References
Literature
Literature
Kanthasamy Kalaichelvi 2016
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
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)