Cleome viscosa Nai kadugu | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Cleome viscosa

Scientific Name and Description

Cleome viscosa L.

Herb Family

Cleomaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Cleome icosandra L.
Polanisia icosandra WIGHT & ARN.
Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf.
Cleome acutifolia Elmer
Cleome icosandra L.
Polanisia icosandra (L.) Wight & Arn.
Polanisia microphylla Eichler
Polanisia viscosa (L.) Blume
Sinapistrum viscosum (L.) Moench

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Common names	wild mustard, sticky cleome, Asian spiderflower, tick weed
English	dog mustard
Hindi	Jangli Jawan, Huyen, bagra, bagro, hulhul, hurhur, jakhya, jangli hurhr, janglihulvul, jurhureh, pili-hulhul
Kannada	antu saasive gida, gandunaa balli, haladi gida, haladimaamballi, kaadu saasive, kaadu sasuve, kaadusassive, naayi bele gida, naayi saasive, naayisassive, nayibela
Malayalam	aria-veela, ariavila, aryaval, aryavela, atunarivela, katkudagu, naivela, vela
Marathi	Cohin, Kh yetu, harhuria, harhuriya, kanfuti, kanphodi, kanphuta, peevali thilvana, sthala, tiloni
Sanskrit	adityabhakta, arikahita, arkabhakta, arkakanta, barbara, bhaskareshta, brahmasuvarchala, hulahula, karnasphota, karnaspota, kookavumitie, kukavaiminta, kukavaivinta, kukavumitie, mandukaparni, manduki, martandavallabha, pasugandha, raviprita, ravishta, satyanamni, sauri, shunaca-barbara, shunakabarbara, surasambhava, suryalata, suteja, suvarchala, svana-burbara, svanabarbara, svanaburbara, tilaparni, tilparni, varada, vikranta, vinta
Tamil	Nallaarai, Narotta, arkkakantam, atakam, atikantam, avattam, culapinka, cullivekacceti, iyalputi, kaattu kadugu, kampocam, kantanam, kantaputiyam, kattavankam, kattu-k-katuku, kattu-kadugu, kattukkadugu, kattukkatuku, kentakam, kentaputi, kentaputiyam, kentumuricceti, kentumuriyam, kevviyacceti, kevviyam, kolincini, kolincinicceti, kolunci, koluncippuntu, korukkacci1, korukkaccicceti, maruti, mayurakam, mutiyam, naai vealai elai, nahikuddaghu, nai-kadupu, naikkaduku, naivelai, nakkatuku, nalikam, nalla-velai, nallavetaikkani, nalvelai, nattaccarimuli, nay-k-katuku, nay-velai, nayavaylei, nayi-velai, nayikkadugu, nayivelai, naykkatipokki, naykkatuku, naykkatuku, nayvelai, nayvempu, nik-kadugu, parikopattam, peru-velai, peruvelai, pinicampokki, pinicampokkicceti, pirappar, pirappari, puti, putitacceti, putitam, putpacam, puttiru, sinnakurinji, taivayali, taivayalicceti, titcanam, valalakaram, vealai, vetaikkanipputu, virutuntankam, Nallaarai, Narotta
Telugu	kukha-avalu, kukhavavulu, kukhavominta, kukka-avalu, kukka-vaminta, kukkavaaminta, kukkavaminta, kukkavavulu, naelavaminta, vaaminta, hulhul, panwar
Urdu	hulhul, panwar
Rajasthan Region	Bagro

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Pharmacological profile

Phytochemicals

Flavonoids

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Fruits

Seeds

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

The paste of whole plant is applied externally to heal ulcers and wounds.
The leaf juice in small quantity is used in fever, and as ear drop to reduce earache.
The paste of leaves applied externally heals ulcers and wounds.
The leaf extract has strong antifungal properties.
The seeds are carminative, anthelmintic, effective in diarrhoea, kidney pain and liver disorders.
The poultice of seed relieves chronic joint pains.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Cleome viscosa L. Kukka vaminta Cleomaceae Whole plant Arthritis, Infantine convulsions

Cleome viscosa L

Habit -Herb

Parts used -Whole plant

Application -Ear diseases; for flatulence; indigestion; stomach pain and body pain; headache; boils; wounds; snake bite; scorpion bite; boils; blisters; wounds; asthma; inflammations; cuts; febrifuge

Treatment -General

References -Ignacimuthu et al. 2008, Jain et al. 2009, Rao et al. 2006