Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dregea volubilis
Scientific Name and Description
Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Benth. ex Hook. f
Wattakaka volubilis (L.F.) STAPF
Wattakaka volubilis (L.F.) STAPF
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Asclepias volubilis L.F.
Dregea volubilis (L.F.) BENTH. EX.HOOK.F.
Hoya viridiflora R.BR.
Marsdenia volubilis (L.F).
Dregea volubilis (L.F.) BENTH. EX.HOOK.F.
Hoya viridiflora R.BR.
Marsdenia volubilis (L.F).
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | akad bel, akad-bel, harandodi, mund bel, murd bel, murd-bel, nakchhikni, nakchikni, padal bel, padel-bel |
| Kannada | dugdhike, dughdike balli, dughike, haema jaavanthika, hovanada hesale, kaada haale balli, kaadahaale balli, kaadu haale balli, kareghije, karegije, karigichi |
| Malayalam | vattakkakkakkoti, watta-kaka-kodi, wattakakacodi |
| Marathi | ambri, harandodi, harandori, haranvela, hirandodi, hirandori, hori, khandodi |
| Sanskrit | brhatpurva, hemajivanti, hemakshiri, hemalata, hemapurna, hemavalli, hemavati, hemavha, himashraya, madhumalati, madhurasah, morata, murva, saumya, sujivanti, sumangala, suparnika, svarnajiva, svarnajivantika, svarnalata, svarnaparna, trinagranthi |
| Tamil | aram, ayappalai, cinkiram, cinkitappalai, cinkittam, civanti, civanti , civantitam, civantitappalai, iracakam, iruvikam, kacavirutcam, kamal, kanattaticaram,karegije, karilam, karilamaram, karippalai, karippoki, karippokimaram, kodie palay, kodiepalay, kodippalai, kontaccani ,kontaiccani, kotippalai, kotivacali, kotivacalippalai, kudasapalai, kudasappalai, kurinca, kurincha, kurinja, kurinjakkirai, kutacappalai ,maturacappalai, maturacappattu, naccuruppan,nakappalai, nallapalai, nancarappayncankoti, nancarappayntan ,nancaruki, nancarukippalalikkoti, nancaruppan,palaikkodi, palotuvai,parkulappam, parkulappamaram, singittam, sivandi, timpalai, tittippuppalai, vanadittam, vanatittam |
| Telugu | bandi-gurga, bandiguri-ginja, bondi gurigija, doodeepalla, doodi-pala, dudipaala, dudipala, kommu paala, paalakoora, paalathige, pala-teega, palakura, palatige, pedda-gurja |
| Urdu | nakchikni |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Benth. ex Hook.f. Bandi gurija Apocynaceae Leaf Rheumatism
Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Benth. ex Hook. f
Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Woody Climber
Parts used -Whole plant
Application -Paralysis; rheumatism; tonsils; neck pain; antidiabetic; boils; diabetes; snakebite; dyspepsia; rheumatic pain; dysentery; cough; fever; urinary troubles; swellings(cattle)
Treatment -General; cattle
References -Kumar et al. 2007, Pradheeps and Poyyamoli 2013, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Kumar et al. 2007
Pradheeps and Poyyamoli 2013
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
- Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH