Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Scientific Name and Description
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) SW.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Poinciana pulcherrima L.
Caesalpinia lutea
Caesalpinia lutea
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | barbados pride, paradise flower, peacock flower |
| Hindi | gul-tora, guletura, gulu tora, torai, Gulel, Gulmohar |
| Kannada | channakeshava gida, eejimullu, hote seege, kanjage, kenchige, kencige, kendge, keneige, kenji gida, kenjige, kenjige mara, kenjigemara, kenjuga, komaari, komari, nalligaane, ratnagandhi, ratnagandi, ratnaganhi |
| Malayalam | cekkimandaram, chekkimandaram, chettimandaram, settimandaram, teccimandaram, techimandaram, tsettimandaram, tsjetti-mandarum |
| Marathi | alfuli, kombi, sankeshvara, shankasur, Gulecha |
| Sanskrit | krishnachuda, krishnachura, ratanagandhi, sidhakhya, sidhanasha, sidheshwara |
| Tamil | cemmayirkkonrai, cirontakam, cirontakamaram, cittimantarai, cittimantaram, irattinakanti, kittimantaram, kotinalal, maikkonrai, mayikonnai, mayil konnai, mayil-konai, mayilkonnai, mayilkonrai, mayirkkonrai,mayirkonrai, mayirpelavam, mayirpelavamaram, mayurakonnai, mayuram, mayuram, mayuramaram, mucuppira, mucuppiramaram, muyarcevitakkonnai, muyarcevitam, nalal, nalal, narikkonrai,perumayirkonrai, pillicarikai, pillicarikaimaram, pirayakacceti, piriyakam, ponmayirkkonrai, puccilakkonnai, pumalekkinam,sirumayirkonrai, tuccimam, tuccimamaram, vatamatakki, Sennai |
| Telugu | chinaturayi, cinnaturayi, kapura maddi, paidithangedu, pamidi tangedu, pamiditangedu, pamidithangedu, peydi-tangedu, rathnagandhi, ratna gandhi, ratnagandhi, sinnathuraayi, sinnaturayi, thuraayi, turayi.Senna chettu |
| Common names | Flamboyant Flower, Pride of Barbados, Mexican Bird ,poinciana, peacock flower, red bird of paradise, Mexican bird of paradise, dwarf poinciana, pride of Barbados, flos pavonis, flamboyant-de-jardin |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bark
Leaves
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Habit - Shrub
Parts used - Leaves, bark, seed
Application - Abortion; malaria; prolonged labour
Treatment - Pregnant women, General
References - Murty and Venkaiah 2010
References
Literature
Literature
Murty and Venkaiah 2010
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
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
Caesalpinia pulcherrima. (2024, May 2). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia_pulcherrima