Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Derris indica
Scientific Name and Description
Pongamia pinnata (L.) PIERRE
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Derris indica (LAM.) BENNET
Pongamia glabra VENT.
Derris scandens Benth.
Pongamia glabra VENT.
Derris scandens Benth.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | karanja, kerong |
| Hindi | kanja, kannaji, karani, karanj, karanja, karanjaka, karanjh, karanji, kiramal, papar, papra, sukhchain, Karanj |
| Kannada | batta, batti, chitaveelya, honga, hongay, honge, honge mara, honge-mara, hongemara, hongey, huligali, huligili, huligilu, huligiri, hungay, kanaga, karanga, karanja, karinje, korangi, korengi, koringe, korinta, korngu, kurundi, pong, pungei, pungu, rakta honne, Genu |
| Malayalam | minnari, oongu, pongai, pongam, pongu, ponnam, ponnu, poonam, punga, pungammaram, punnu, punu, unga, ungha, ungu, unju, unnu |
| Marathi | ghanerakaranj, ghanerakaranji, karamji, karanj, karanja, karanji, keedamaar, kidamar, ponnamu, Karanj |
| Sanskrit | angaravalli, badhaphala, chirabilva, ciravilva, dhana, gaura, ghratakaranja, ghritaparnaka, ghrtapura, gucchapuspaka, guchhapushpaka, hastija, kaidarya, kakaghni, kalimara, karabhandika, karanja, karanjah, matry, naktahva, naktamala, naktamalah, naktamalaka, prakirya, putika, putikaranja, putiparna, putipatraka, rochana, sadgrantha, shadagrantha, shamagashta, snigdhapatra, tamala-vrikshaha, tamalavrikshaha, tapasvi, udakirya, udakiryah, vahni, varuni, vishari, vrittaparna,Pongamia |
| Tamil | aciruntam, aciruttam, agirunanandam, akirantam, akirantamaram, akirantanam, akirunanantam, akirunantam, alam, alamarikam, alamarikamaram, alati,cittakikam, ilanci,ilancu,ilanji, intirani, intiranikam, intiranikamaram, kakananam, kancaccam, kancatam, kanjanam, karancakam, karancam, karancamam, karancamamaram, kentikam#, kentitamaram, kolliyam, kolliyamaram, kucco, kuppucam, mancaripputpam, naguttam, nakatamalam, nakuttam, nanandam, nanantam, nanantam, nanantamaram, nankaimaram, nantam, nantamalam, nattaka, nattakamaram, nattam, nattamalakimaram, nattamalam, nattamaram, nattmalakam, nirppungu, nirppunkan, nirppunku#, nirppunku, palpunku, pirakacakamatu, pirakarancam, pirakari, ponga, pongan, ponka, porimalar, punga, punga maram, pungam, pungam-maram, pungammaram, pungu, punkaimaram, punkam, punkam, punkan, punkan, punku, punku , punkumaram, punkumaram , punti, punti , puntikarancakam, puvanti, tattaippunku, tavanatcavalli, tiripilan, totakatti, ucaku, ulokatitam, utaku, vacaputpam, yayariyam |
| Telugu | canaga, ganuga, kaadepathige, kaagu, kaangu, kaanuga chettu, kaggera, kagu, kamu, kanaga, kandga, kanga, kaniga, kanniga, kanoogoo, kanuga, kanuga-chettu, kanugacettu, kanugu, karnaga, karunga, kaunga, kraanuga, kranuga, krovi, pungu, viaghranakamu, vyaaghranakamu, vyaghra-ekamru |
| Tibetan | jam bras, jam-bras, ka ra ndza, sve ta ka ra nja |
| Urdu | karanj, karanjwah |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Bark
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Derris indica (Lam.) Bennet
Habit - Tree
Parts used - Bark
Application - Peripheral Neuritis
Treatment - General
References - Padal et al. 2014
References
Literature
Literature
Padal et al. 2014
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
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