Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Boerhavia erecta
Scientific Name and Description
Boerhavia erecta L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Malayalam | talutama, tavilama |
| Sanskrit | punarnava |
| Telugu | adavi maamena, ataka maamidi, punarnava, thella attikimaamidi |
| Common Names | erect spiderling, erect boerhavia, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Boerhavia erecta L. Herb Whole plant Fever; asthma; vegetable General Dansi et al. 2008, Rao et al. 2006
References
Literature
Literature
Dansi et al. 2008
Rao et al. 2006
AYURVEDIC DRUGS AND THEIR PLANT SOURCES Author - V.V. SIVARAJAN AND INDIRA BALACHANDRAN
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
- FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
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
Boerhavia erecta. (2024, January 30). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerhavia_erecta