Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Caryota urens
Scientific Name and Description
Caryota urens L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | ceylon piassava, kittool, toddy palm |
| Hindi | ban-khajur, mari, mari ka jhat, marikajhad, ramguoah,Kitul |
| Kannada | bagane, bagani, bagani mara, bagini, bagni, baina, baine, bainemara, baini, bauree, bayne, beina, bhyni, binay, bugani, byree, ind, indu, kannida, kannida konda, konda, paine, painey, pane, Honnu |
| Malayalam | anapana, anapanna, anapanne, anappana, chundapana, chuntap-pana, chuntappana, cuntappana, erimpana, irampana, irampanze, iran-pana, kalapana, kundapanai, olathi, schunda-pana, schundapana, shundrapana, vainava, vainavu, Kitul |
| Marathi | ardhi-sopari, ardhimpari, ardhisupari, berli, berlimad, berlimada, berlimhar, bherawa, bherlamuda, bherlimad, bhirlimahad, birli, birlomad, mad |
| Sanskrit | dhoajavriksha, dirgha, mada, madadruma, madyadru, madyadruma, mohakari, rajju, sritalah, vitanaka |
| Tamil | adam, ataku, atakumaram, atam, calopam, catapalam, catapalamaram, citalam, irambanai, irampanai, kamuku, karumpanaikkanni, kavariyam, kavariyamaram, kittil, kittukil, kittul, kondapan, kondapauni, kontai-p-panai, kontaippanai, kontappanai, koondal panai, koonthalpandi, kundal panai, kundal-panai, kundalpanai, kundarbanai, kuntai panai, kuntal, kuntal panai, kuntalapanai, kuntar panai, kuntar panai vittu, kuntarpanai, kunthapanai, kunthar panai, kuranam, kuranappanaimaram, malai-p-panai, malaippanai, pugam, pukam, pukamaram, talam, talam, talippanai, thippali, thippili panel, thippilipanei, tippilippanai, udalarbanan, utalarpanai, utalimpanai, utalippanai, utupatitamaram, varankanai, varppanai, Kitul |
| Telugu | bakini, chirugu, chirugu chettu, cirugu, gukatad, jeeluga, jeeluga chettu, jiluga, jilugu, jirugu chettu, jirugudu chettu, jivalaggu, konda jeluga, kondaa-jilugu, kondajiluga, kondajivalaggu, maare, mardi, mare, mari, mhar, tar-mardi, teeroogoo, terooga, thirugu, yaathrakathaari, yadarikodari, yatrakatari, yedarigodari, Eppu |
| Common Names | Fishtail Palm, Kitul Palm |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Stem
Leaves
Flowers
Ethnopharmacology use
Caryota urens L.
Habit- Tree
Parts used - Leaves, toddy, stem, flower
Application - Loss of appetite; body strength; laxative; hydrocel
Treatment - General
References - Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2005, Reddy et al. 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2005
Reddy et al. 2008
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
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
Caryota urens. (2023, October 15). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryota_urens