Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dillenia indica
Scientific Name and Description
Dillenia indica L.
Herb Family
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | elephant apple,ou tenga,[ |
| Hindi | chalta, girnar, kanigala |
| Kannada | betkanagalu, betta kanigala, bettakanagalu, bettakangala, bettakanigala, ganagalu, kaadu kanigala, kadkanagula, kal tega, kalthaega, kalthega, kanagalu, kanigala, muchhilu, muchiru, naaythaeku, naitaku, neyi vaakju, neyi-taaku, neyitaku |
| Malayalam | calita, chalita, pinnay, punna, syalita, valappunna, valapunna, vazchapunna, vazhapunna |
| Marathi | karambel, karmbel, mota karmal, motaakambal, motaakarmal, motakarmal, motakarmbal |
| Sanskrit | bhavya, bhavyam, ruvya |
| Tamil | akku, kattarali, kurukati, ugakkay, uka, uva, uvattekku, uvatteku, uvav, uvay , uvvattekku |
| Telugu | chalta, kaalinga, kalinga, muchiru, peda kalinga, pedda klinga, peddakalinga, revadi, revadi chettu, uppu ponna, uva, uvva |
| Tibetan | bha ba na |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Ethnopharmacology use
Dillenia indica L.
Habit -Non vascular
Parts used -Fruit, bark, leaves, oil
Application -Abdominal pain; abscess; relieve pain; stimulate appetite; to prevent dandruff; fever; constipation; dysentery; skin disease; cough; piles; laxative; malaria
Treatment -General; women
References -Goswami et al. 2016, Prasad et al. 2008, Rao et al. 2006
References
Literature
Literature
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
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 Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Dillenia indica. (2023, June 13). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillenia_indica