Careya arborea Kumbhikah Vaaikumbha Kumbhiphoo

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Careya arborea

Scientific Name and Description

Careya arborea Roxb

Herb Family

Lecythidaceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Barringtonia arborea (Roxb.) F.Muell.
Careya sphaerica Roxb.
Cumbia coneanae Buch.-Ham.
Careya venenata Oken
Careya orbiculata Miers[

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	ceylon oak, patana oak
Hindi	handabhera, handbahera, kali-katbhi, kamba, khumbi, kumbh, kumbhi, kumbi, kumhi, vakamba, Mahua
Kannada	aalagavvele, alagavala, alagavvele, daddal, daddala, dhaddaala mara, doddaale, doddala, doddalada, ganjal, ganju, garva hannu, gaujala mara, gaul, gaulu mara, gavaale, gavagile, gavala, gavalu hannu mara, gavudlu, gavuldu, gavvahannu, gavvele, gavvele hannu, gawagilu, goddadayippe, gongel, gongu, gonji, goujalu, gouju, guddada ippe, guddadaippa, guddadaippae, guddadaippe, hennu matthi, hennumatti, kaavale, kaulu, kaulumara, kaval, kavale, kavalu mara, kavane, kavne, kavulu, kavval, kumbaara, kumbaro, kumbha, kumbi, kumbiamara, pilu, savana
Malayalam	alam, kavana, paer, peelam, pela, peloa, pelou, pelu, per, pera, peru, perzha, pevoo, pevu, peya, pezha, pezhu, pilam, pilu, poyu, udu, uka, ukamaram
Marathi	kamba, kuba, kumbha, kumbhasala, kumbhi, kumbia, kumbika, kumbya, kumbyo, kumhi, vakumbha, wai-kumbha, Kumbi
Sanskrit	ashaundi, bhadrendrani, girikarnika, kaidarya, kalindi, katabhi, katambhara, kinihi, kshudrashyama, kumbhi, kumbi, madhurenu, mahakatabi, mahashwata, nabhika, patali, pilu, shatapada, shaundi, shirishapatri, shwetakinihi, shyamala, sitakatabhi, svadupushpa, vishaghnika, Kumbhi, Kadamba
Tamil	aima, avima, ayma, ayma#, kalkambi, kalkampi, kaltekku , kampi kampi, kampili , karekku, karrekku, kolama, kumbi, kumpi, pailacputatammi, pela, pelu, peria, pudattanri, putal ttanri, puttatanni
Telugu	araya, araya budada naedi, budaburija, budadadarini, budadadarvi, budadanedi, budadarini, budadarmee, budadarmi, budadurmi, budarnedi, budatadadimma, budatanavadi, budatanevadi, budatare, budathadaadimma, budathare, budda budusa, budda dharmi, buddaburija, darepi, duddippa, dudeppa, dudeppi, dudippa, dudippi, gaadhava, gada, gadava, gadha, gadhava, govadi, guda-dhermi, kambi, kumbhi, kumbi
Common Names	wild guava, wild guava, Ceylon oak, patana oak.
Bengali	Mahua, Kend

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Stem

Bark

Flowers

Fruits

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Careya arborea Roxb. Tree Bark, flower, fruit Tooth ache; debility; labour pains; infertility; piles; scorpion sting; dysentery; leech repellent; coughand cold; snake bite; sores; malaria General Bhat et al. 2014, Kshirsagar and Singh 2001, Mahishi et al. 2005