Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Berberis aristata
Scientific Name and Description
Berberis aristata DC
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | chitra, Indian Barberry |
| Hindi | chitra, chotra, dar-chob, dar-hald, darhald, kash-mal, kashmal, kashmar, kasmal, kasmale, kemal, kemal/kasmal, khepacho, rasaunt, rasaut, rasaut, rasvat, zarishk |
| Kannada | baagi soothra, bagisutra, bagisutrum, doddamaradarsina, gantarishina,Manjishta |
| Malayalam | kasturimanjal, maradarisina, maramanjal, maramannal,Manjathi |
| Marathi | daruhalad |
| Sanskrit | daru, daruharidra, darunisa, darurajani, darvi, kaliyaka, kastaranjani, kata, katankateri, katankati, kateri, pacampaca, parjanya, pita-daru, suvarnavarna |
| Tamil | cailapitti, kasturimanjal, kottukkala, maramancal, maramanjal, mullukala, mullukkala, ucikkala, usikkala, Manjathi |
| Telugu | daruharidra, kasthoori pushpa, kasturipaspu |
| Tibetan | lig mig, skyer ba, skyer dkar bar sun, skyer pa, skyer-rtsa yun-ba, yun-ba |
| Urdu | aarghis, darhald, darhald nim kofta, rasaut, rasaut musaffa, rasaut mussafa, zarishk, zarisjhk |
| Ayurveda | Daruharidra, Chitra |
| Bengali | Daruhaldar |
| Common name | Indian barberry, Mara manjal (மரமஞ்சள்), chutro, sumba, tree turmeric, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Phytochemicals
Phytoconstituents
Alkaloids like berberine, berbamine, aromoline, karachine, palmitine, oxyacanthine and oxyberberine.
Source: Traditional Herbal Remedies for Primary Health Care, WHO. ISBN 978-92-9022-382-5
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Bark
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Berberis aristata DC. Shrub Whole plant Typhoid; ophthalmic General Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 1 Author - ED. B.D. SHARMA & M.SANJAPPA , N.P. BALAKRISHNAN
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Berberis aristata. (2024, May 24). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberis_aristata