Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Bombax ceiba
Scientific Name and Description
Bombax ceiba L
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Bombax malabaricum DC.
Salmalia malabarica SCHOTT & ENDL.
Salmalia malabarica SCHOTT & ENDL.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | indian silk cotton tree, silk cotton tree, simul |
| Hindi | deokapas, heembal, hemlo, huttian, kanti-senbal, kantisembal, nurma, pagun, ragat-semal, ragat-senbal, ragatsemal, ragatsembal, rakta-semul, salamali, salmali, sanwal, sanwar, sanwar seemal, semal, semul, semur, shimal, shimbal, simal, simbal, somr, Semal |
| Kannada | aala, agigaai, ala, alada, apoorani, apurani, booral, boorga, booruga, boorugada-mara, bura, buraga, buragada, burga, burgao, burla, buruga, burugada, burugudu, camblero, dhoodi, dhudi, doodile, dudi, elava, elavu, erana, hathi, hatthi, hatti, ilavu, kempu booraga, kempuburaga, kempuburga, kempuburuga, kempuburugada, mara hatthi, mullala, mullalada, mullelava, mullelavu, mullu booruga, mullu-buraga-mara, mulluburaga, picphele, pishphele, poola, pula, salmali, sauri, tuti, voorda, yelevalada mara, Honge |
| Malayalam | elavam, elavu, ilavam, ilavu, illavu, moca, mocha, moul-elavou, moulelavou, mul-lilava, mullilavam, mullilavu, mullilavupichila, mullulavamarum, picchila, poola, pula, pula-maram, pulamaram, purani, samparuthi, semul, unnamurikku, unnamuriku |
| Marathi | kanta-sair, kanterisamar, kantesavar, samar, saur, savar, savara, savari, sayar, semal, shevari, simlo, tamari, tambdi-savaru, vhadli-savar |
| Sanskrit | apurani, bahuvirya, chirayu, chirjivi, dirghadruma, dirghapadapa, dirghayu, duraroha, kadala, kalpavriksha, kantakadhya, kantakadruma, kantakari, kantakashtha, kukkutavandaka, kukkutti, mahavriksha, manadruma, moca, mocah, mocahva, mocaki, mocarasa, mocha, mochani, nirgandhapushpi, nissara, panchaparni, panchparni, picchila, pichhala, pnachaparni, purani, raktapushpa, raktapuspa, raktashalmali, raktotpala, ramyapushpa, saladrumah, salmala, salmali, salmili, shalmali, shalmalini, shimulu, simbali, sthirayu, sthirayuh, sthulaphala, tulavriksha, tulini, tuliphala, yamadruma, Mochrus |
| Tamil | acikai, agigi, akikai, apurani, calika, calikapparutti, callaki, calmali, canamali, canmalam, canmali, canmali,caumali, cempancu, cittamuka, cittamukapparutti, cittan, curapu, elavamaram, elevam, ilavam, ilavam, ilavu, ilavu, irattaputam, kannikaram, kantakaram, karuppilavu, katimuli, kongu, konku, kutacanmali, malaielavam, mali-elavam, maratti mokku, mocaiyilavam, mocam , mul ilavam, mul-iivam, mul-ilava-maram, mul-ilavam, mul-ilave, mul-ilavu, mulilavan, mulilavu, mullilavamaram, mullilavu, mulveluccikam, mulveluccikamaram, nakuli, pattu, peyilavamaram, peyilavu, pongar, ponkar mocam, pula, pulai, pulavaipparutti, purami, purani, sallagi, samani, sanmali, selavagu, tolaya, tulam, urocanam, varikkaricamaram, varunturu#, varunturu, vitaram, yamatturumam |
| Telugu | baraga, baruga, booragha, boorgha, buraga, burga, burgha, buroh, buruga, burugu, buruyu, dasanipu, konda buruga, kondabooruga, kondaburaga, mudlaboorugachettu, mundla-buraga-chettu, mundlabooruga, mundlaburaga, patti, pinnabooruga, pinnaburaga, pinnaburuga, poor, saalmali, salmali, shalmali, wuraga |
| Tibetan | sin sa lma la |
| Urdu | gond simbhal, mocharas, mochras, musli simbhal |
| Common names | Red Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree, Bombax ceiba, Malabar silk-cotton tree; red silk-cotton; red cotton tree; silk-cotton, kapok |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Bark
Leaves
Flowers
Flower bud
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Bombax ceiba L. Tree Flower bud, bark, flower, fruit, root,seed, calyx, gum, flower Gynaecological disorders; tumor; regularize menstural cycle; hydrocele; leucorrhoea; gonorrhoea; sexual weakness; antidiarrhoeal; abortion; chicken pox; boils; bums and sores; Diarrhoea Women, General Gairola et al. 2013, Jain et al. 2004, Namsa et al. 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Gairola et al. 2013,
Jain et al. 2004,
Namsa et al. 2009
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
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
Citations
Herb citations
Bombax ceiba. (2024, April 15). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombax_ceiba