Crotalaria juncea Dhanahari Patashan Sann

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Crotalaria juncea

Scientific Name and Description

Crotalaria juncea L.

Herb Family

Fabaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Crotalaria benghalensis LAM.
Crotalaria benghalensis Lam. (1786)
Crotalaria cannabinua Royle (1834)
Crotalaria fenestrata Sims (1817)
Crotalaria juncea var. bengalensis (Lam.) Kuntze (1891)
Crotalaria juncea var. puncticulata DC. (1825)
Crotalaria kanchiana Gholave, Mane, Gore, Kambale & S.P.Gaikwad (2019)
Crotalaria porrecta Wall. (1831), nom. nud.
Crotalaria sericea Willd. (1800), nom. illeg.
Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. (1819)
Isotropis argentea Ewart & Morrison (1913)

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	bombay hemp, madras hemp, sann hemp, sann or sunn hemp
Hindi	ghagahi, jhuri jhunia, masina, mustanpat, patashana, san, san-ke-binj, sanai, sann, sannai, shanahuli, Sunn
Kannada	apsenabu, hanne sanabu, henna, kaadugodave, loku, pundi, pundi-bija, sanabina-pundi, sanabu, sanabu gida, sanna sanabu, sanna senabu, shana-bina-bija, sonabu,Janappa
Malayalam	canaka, chana-vitta, chanaka, chanam, djunam, janapa, janapa-vera, katoutandalecotti, kattutantalakkotti, kattuttantalakatta, katutandalkodi, kilukiluppa, nanam, pulivanji, pulivanji-vitta, pulivanni, sanam, tandale-cotti, vakka, vakka-vitta, vakku
Marathi	dhakti ghagri, ghagharu, san, shan, sonabu, tag, thaag. Sunn
Sanskrit	dhanahari, dirghapallava, dirghashakla, ghantaravamu, jenapavera, karnagula, katutikta, malyapushpa, nishadana, pulivanji, san, sana, sanah, sanapuspi, satinaka, shana, tvakasara, vamaka
Tamil	ataci, canai, canal, canal vitai, canam, canampu, canampu, canappai, canappu, canapu, canarpai, cannappu, catampu, chanai, chanappu, janapanar, janappanar, janupa, jenappa-virai, jenappanar, konipputu, koniyapputu, kottu, kuttaoakacceti, kuttavakacceti, kuttavakam, kuttiram, kuttu, mancimanji, nalapan, nanandam, nanantam, nanpan, nanpana, nanpanacceti, nanppana, panni, pannicceti, puttiranai, ruttin, sanalnar, sanappu, sanapu, shanabo, shanal, umadji, umai1, umakatam, umakatam1, umataci, umataki, umatci, umi, uttirabanni, uttirapanni, vakku, vakkunar, vakkunnar, wakkwooganapan,Avari
Telugu	chanamoo, dzanumu, gilaka, gilgichu, gili ginta, giligicca, giligichcha, giliginta, janamu, janumu, jenapa-vittulu, shanamu,Telaga
Common Names	Sunn Hemp, Sann Hemp,brown hemp, Indian hemp, Madras hemp, sunn hemp,
Bengali	San
Gujarati	Sanai

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Flowers

Fruits

Seeds

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Crotalaria juncea L.

Habit - Herb

Parts used - Flowers

Application - Constipation; blood disorder

Treatment - General

References - Prashanth Kumar and Shiddamallayya 2015

Herbs Medical Indications

Constipation

References

Literature

Prashanth Kumar and Shiddamallayya 2015

Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit

The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam

FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB

FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna

THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu

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

Crotalaria juncea. (2024, May 25). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalaria_juncea