Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ehretia microphylla
Scientific Name and Description
Carmona retusa (VAHL) MASAMUNE
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Carmona microphylla (LAM.) G. DON
Ehretia buxifolia ROXB.
Ehretia microphylla LAM.
Carmona heterophylla Cav.
Carmona microphylla (Lam.) G.Don
Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masam.
Cordia coromandeliana Retz. ex A.DC.
Cordia retusa Vahl
Ehretia buxifolia Roxb.
Ehretia coromandeliana Retz. ex A.DC.
Ehretia dentata Courchet ex Gagnep.
Ehretia heterophylla Spreng.
Ehretia monopyrena Gottschling & Hilger
Lithothamnus buxioides Zipp. ex Span.
Ehretia buxifolia ROXB.
Ehretia microphylla LAM.
Carmona heterophylla Cav.
Carmona microphylla (Lam.) G.Don
Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masam.
Cordia coromandeliana Retz. ex A.DC.
Cordia retusa Vahl
Ehretia buxifolia Roxb.
Ehretia coromandeliana Retz. ex A.DC.
Ehretia dentata Courchet ex Gagnep.
Ehretia heterophylla Spreng.
Ehretia monopyrena Gottschling & Hilger
Lithothamnus buxioides Zipp. ex Span.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | fukien tea |
| Hindi | pala |
| Kannada | boote, bute, doddakalla, doddakavale, eleadike soppu, enne budige, ennebutige, karuvingi, kuruvingi, mete, yenne bootige, yenne budiga, yennebudige |
| Marathi | pala |
| Tamil | cooruvingie vayr, kattu vetrilai, kattu-vellilai, kattuvellilai, kattuverrilai, kattuvettilai, kodikarai, kuruviccai 2, kuruvicci 2, kuruvicci-p-puntu, kuruvichchi, kuruvincai, kuruvinci 2, kuruvincippuntu, kuruvingi, malaiverrilai |
| Telugu | baapanaburi, bapana buri, bapanabooree, bapanaboory, bapanaburi, bapanapuri, barranki, bhapanapuri, bupanaburi, buri, chepaku, gulpole, guvva aaku, munamuntha, nakkatoka, nomu chettu, numae munta, peccika, piccaka, piccikabira, piccikaburi, pichaka, pichakaburi, pichikabera, pisniki, pitta, pitta pisinika, pittapisinika, pittapisunakaayi, pittapisunukayi |
| Philippines | Tsaang gubat, Philippine tea tree |
| Common names | Carmona retusa Fukien tea tree, Philippine tea tree |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Ehretia microphylla Lam.
Habit -Tree
Parts used -Fruit, root
Application -Diarrhoea; snake bite
Treatment -General
References -Samy et al. 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Samy et al. 2008
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Ehretia microphylla. (2024, February 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehretia_microphylla