Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ceratophyllum demersum
Scientific Name and Description
Ceratophyllum demersum L
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | cool water brush, coontail |
| Hindi | sevar, sivara, Singhada ghas |
| Kannada | haval, honaal |
| Malayalam | karimpayal |
| Marathi | shevala |
| Sanskrit | ambuchamar, ambutala, araka, hathaparni, jalaja, jalakesa, jalakesha, jalakuntala, jalamandapi, jalanali, jalanchana, jalanili, jalaprishthaja, jalashuka, ka, kavara, manjula, saivala, saivalah, salilakundala, shaiwal, shaiwar, sheshana, shivala, souvala, Shringaghasa |
| Telugu | nasu, neeti sambraani |
| Common names | hornwort, coontail, rigid hornwort,coon's tail, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Ceratophyllum demersum L.
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Used as purgative; astringent; constipating and antipyratic; scorpion stings
Treatment - General
References - Al-Asmari et al. 2016, Chandra et al. 2016
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Al-Asmari et al. 2016,
Chandra et al. 2016
DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4 Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS VOLUME .VOL 1-5 Author - WARRIER,P.K. et al (EDS.)
NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Ceratophyllum demersum. (2024, June 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratophyllum_demersum