Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Corchorus depressus
Scientific Name and Description
Corchorus depressus (L.) Stocks
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | bahupali, baphuli, cham ghas, chamkas, munderi, raphuli |
| Marathi | bahuphali |
| Sanskrit | bhedani, chanchu, katuka, kshudra, kshudrachanchu, patupatrika, shunakachanchuka, tvaksara |
| Common Names | Bush Ochre, Bastard Jute |
| Rajasthan Region | Cham gash |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Aerial parts
Roots
Stem
Leaves
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
- The whole plant, particularly the roots are used as a tonic and also in gonorrhea.
- The powder of dried leaves mixed with a powder of seeds of Pedalium murex is used in the treatment of diabetes.
- The dried powder of leaves is used to cure impotency.
- The decoction of the fresh plant is used to cure dysentery and liver disorders.
- Powdered stem and young leaves gives cooling effect during heat.
Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003
Corchorus depressus (L.) Stocks Herb Whole plant pain; fever; sexual dysfunction and to treat gonorrhea; asthma; cooling medicine; to set-up menstrual disorder and also as a tonic; to gain sexual vitality Women; General Jain et al.2004
References
Literature
Literature
Jain et al.2004
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4 Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
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