Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Chenopodium album
Scientific Name and Description
Chenopodium album L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Atriplex alba (L.) Crantz (1766)
Botrys albus (L.) Nieuwl. (1914)
Chenopodium album var. commune Moq. (1849), not validly publ.
Chenopodium viride var. album (L.) Hartm. (1820)
Botrys albus (L.) Nieuwl. (1914)
Chenopodium album var. commune Moq. (1849), not validly publ.
Chenopodium viride var. album (L.) Hartm. (1820)
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | fat hen, goosefoot |
| Hindi | bahua/bathu, bathu, bathua, bathusag, bathuwa, bethuasag, bettusaga, candan-betu, chandan, chandanbedu, chilario, chilaro, chilli, dankhar, tulsi,Safed Bathu सफेद बथ |
| Kannada | badane bettaave, bele soppu, bilee palya, chakkotha, chakkothana soppu, chakravarthi soppu, chakravarthy bele, chakravati, hucha chakkota, huchu chakotha, huli chikka, hunchik, husbak, huttchu |
| Malayalam | vastuccira |
| Marathi | chakavata, chakavatha, chakvit, chivil |
| Sanskrit | agralohita, chakravarti, chilli, chillika, ddala, gaudavastuka, ghanaghana, hilamochika, kankella, ksarapatra, ksarasrestah, ksharadala, ksharapatra, ksharpaba, laghupatracilli, mridupatri, panshupatra, rajani, sakajivah, sakarat, shakaraja, shakarata, shakashreshtha, shakavira, tuni, vastu, vastuka, vastukah, vastuki, vasuka, veershak, virasakah, vrntaka, yavasaka, yavasakah,Shweta Saarshapa श्वेत सरसों |
| Tamil | cakkaravarttikkirai, cakkaravarttikkiri, cakkiravalaittukam, cakkiravarttik kirai, carkkaraivarthi, carkkaraivartti, kolikkirai, pacalai, paruppu-k-kirai, paruppuk kirai, paruppukkirai, parupukire, parupukkirai, vayalaikkoti |
| Telugu | chakravarthi koora, pappu-koora, pappu-kura, pappukoora, pappukura |
| Urdu | bathua sabz |
| Common names | lamb's quarters, goosefoot, White goosefoot, Mercury goosefoot, lamb's quarters, melde, goosefoot, wild spinach fat-hen |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Chenopodium album L.
Habit- Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - As purgative; antidote; tuberculosis; edible; insecticidal; wormicidal; aphrodisiac
Treatment - General
References - Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II 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 KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
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
Chenopodium album. (2024, June 30). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_album