Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Caralluma adscendens
Scientific Name and Description
Caralluma adscendens (ROXB.) HAW.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Boucerosia adscendens (Roxb.) Wall.
Caralluma attenuata Wight
Caralluma fimbriata Wall.
Caralluma attenuata Wight
Caralluma fimbriata Wall.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | घोंघा चूर्ण |
| Marathi | करंद Karand |
| Gujarati | કારેળ Karel |
| Tamil | கறளு Karallu |
| Kannada | maakada singi, mangana kodu |
| Telugu | kaarallamu, kundelu kommulu, kundethi komulu, thavite chettu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Caralluma adscendens (Roxb.) R. Br
Habit- Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Obesity; skin diseases
Treatment - General
References - Jayanthi et al. 2012
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Jayanthi et al. 2012
he Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
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 Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Caralluma adscendens. (2024, February 5). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caralluma_adscendens