Cochlospermum religiosum Katira | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Cochlospermum religiosum

Scientific Name and Description

Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) ALSTON

Herb Family

Bixaceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Cochlospermum gossypium DC.
Bombax gossypium L.
Bombax religiosum L.
Cochlospermum balicum Boerl.
Cochlospermum gossypium DC.
Maximilianea gossypium Kuntze
Wittelsbachia gossypium Mart. & Zucc.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	karaya gum, kutira gum, silk-cotton tree
Hindi	gabdi, galgal, ganiar, ganiara, gehra, gjara, kumbi, pili kapas, Gavarpatta
Kannada	adavi booruga, arasina booraga, arasina booruga, arasinaburaga, arishina booraga, arisina, baruga, bettadavarai, bettataavare, bettatavare, bulavari, buragu, gaapli, gagili, ganeri, hoghara, hongaara, kaadu booruga, kadburaga, kaduburaga, kaduburga, Honne mara
Malayalam	appakkutukka, appakodakka, appakudakka, appakudukka, appakutakka, cempalukka, cempanni, chimaipunji, chimmaipunji, onkum, panninara, panyara, parapanni, parappanni, parappoola, pareipanyi, shimappanni, simappanni, tschempungie
Marathi	galgal, ganeri, ganglay, gangloy, gongal, gulgul, gunglay, kathalyagonda,Kaitha
Sanskrit	girisalmalika, silakarpasika, Sunandana
Tamil	accukaci, accukacimaram, annukam, antakevunam, araniyakarpaci, ataikkati, cataikkonku, cataikkonkumaram, centanakku, cikamatatikam, cikamatatikamaram, cikarappakitam, cikarappakitamaram, cokamatitam, cokamatitamaram, conku, cutalam, cutanamaram, cutinar, iticika, iticikamaram, kanakacarimaram, kanakaccari, kannikaram, kannikarmaram, kattilavu, kattu ilavam, kattuppancu, kattupparutti, kattupparutti, kongelavam, kongilam, kongilavu, kongillam, konkilavu, konkillam, konku, kudirapuduku, kumarai, kumaraimaram, kuya, kuyakam, kuyakamaram, malaipparutti, malaipparuttimaram, mancatkonku, mancatkonkumaram, mancattanakku, matavai, matavaimaram, mullilavikam, Vellai poovarasumullilavikamaram, nalal, nalalmaram, ortilinku, ortilinkumaram, paccaikkiluvai, palini, paruttimaram, peypparutti, pinara, pinaramaram, puntatu, puttali, tanakku, tanakkupparutti, tanaku, tanakumaram, thanukku, turumorpalam,turuverppalam, vanacarocani, vanapparutti
Common names	Buttercup Tree , Golden Silk Cotton Tree
Telugu	Vella erukku

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Fruits

Gum

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston

Habit -Tree

Parts used -Fruit, leaves, root

Application -Gonorrhea and dysentry; piles; chicken pox

Treatment -General

References -Rao et al. 2006, Savithramma et al. 2014, Sreeramulu et al. 2013