Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Calophyllum inophyllum
Scientific Name and Description
Calophyllum inophyllum L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Balsamaria inophyllum Lour.
Calophyllum apetalum Blanco
Calophyllum bintagor Roxb.
Calophyllum blumei Wight
Calophyllum ovatifolium Noronha
Calophyllum wakamatsui Kaneh.
Calophyllum apetalum Blanco
Calophyllum bintagor Roxb.
Calophyllum blumei Wight
Calophyllum ovatifolium Noronha
Calophyllum wakamatsui Kaneh.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | beach almond, Indian laurel, Alexandrian laurel, Punnai, Surangi Narikela, Ironwood, tamanu, oil-nut, mastwood, beach calophyllum beautyleaf |
| English | alexandrian laurel, borneo mahogany, domba oil, pinnay oil, tongan oil |
| Hindi | sultana-champa, sultanachampa, sultanah-champa, sultanchampa, surpan, surpunika, surpunka, undi |
| Kannada | hona, honne, honne kaayi mara, honnu, hoo home, hoo honne, huhome, huhonne, kallu honne, koove mara, mara, naameru mara, namaeru, nameru, nameyru mara, ooma mara, pinekai, pinnai, pinnaykai, ponne, ponneda, ponnekayi, srihonne, sudaabu mara, sura honne, suraganne-mara, suragonne, surahonnae, surahonne, surhonne, uma, voma, vuma, wuma |
| Malayalam | betan, ceruppuna, cerupunna, cherupinna, cherupuna, cherupunna, pine, ponna, ponnakam, ponnakum, pouna, punna |
| Marathi | nagchampa, pumag, surangi, undag, undela, undi, ungam, wundi |
| Sanskrit | namaeruak, panchakaeshera, punnaga, punnagah, punnagavrikshaha, punnaman, tunga |
| Tamil | arttakecam, cayantakam, cayantakamaram, cimmantacikam, culetam, culetamaram, curalam, cuvetputpakam, kecaram, kopikakitam, kopikakitamaram, koppika, koppikamaram, kukattal, kuruntutikam, kuruntutikamaram, macarrapattiram, makapucurapi, makapucurpimaram, matukatitam, matukatitamaram, murunkai, nagam, nakam, nakam, nameru,patalatturumam, patumakecaram, pillaicceti, pinmai, pinnai, pinnai,pinnay unnay, pitataru, pitatarumaram, punnacam, punnacamaram, punnagam, punnagum, punnai, punnai-maram, punnaivirai, punnakam, purusa akacciyam, purusam, purutaki, purutakimaram, purutam, tamalai, tankakecaram, tevali, tevalimaram, vacanaikkenti, viranankalkustampokki, |
| Telugu | naameru, nameru, ponna, ponna chettu, ponna vithulu, ponna-chettu, ponnachettu, ponnavittulu, poona, poonas, poone, pouna, pumagamu, puna, punas, punna, punnaagamu, punnaga, punnagamu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Calophyllum inophyllum L.
Habit -Tree
Parts used -Leaves, seed, fruit, bark
Application -Antibacterial; Antitumor; cytotoxic; antibacterial; analgesic; scabies; stomach ache; edible
Treatment -General
References -Bhat et al. 2014, Rao et al. 2006, Valsaraj et al. 1997
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Bhat et al. 2014
Rao et al. 2006,
Valsaraj et al. 1997
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
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
Calophyllum inophyllum. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calophyllum_inophyllum