Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cocculus pendulus
Scientific Name and Description
Cocculus pendulus (JR. & G. FORST) DIELS.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cocculus leaeba DC.
Anamirta Cocculus (synonym)
Anamirta Cocculus (synonym)
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Parwatti, pilwan |
| Telugu | dusaratige |
| Rajasthan Region | Pilwan |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
- Leaf sap mixed with water forms a green jelly, which is used externally for skin diseases.
- Leaf extract with cold water is applied on head for cooling effect.
- Juice of the leaf is beneficial in leucorrhoea.
- Decoction of leaf is used in kidney pains.
- Roots are bitter and are used in several local medicines as an antidote to snakebite.
- It is also used in intermittent fever.
- Juice of ripe berries makes durable purple blue ink.
Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 1 Author - ED. B.D. SHARMA & M.SANJAPPA , N.P. BALAKRISHNAN
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)