Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Eleusine coracana
Scientific Name and Description
Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn
Herb Family
Plant type
Grass
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cynosurus coracanus L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | coracan, finger millet, kurakkan, nagli, ragi |
| Hindi | lagli, maduo, makra, malicha, mandal, mandua, mandva, mandwa, marua, maruva, ragi, rotka |
| Kannada | ambali raagi, raagi, ragi |
| Malayalam | kora, muthari, muttari, puncappullu, ragi, tsjetti-pullu |
| Marathi | naachni, nachiri, nachni, nagli |
| Sanskrit | bahupatraka, bhuchara, guchha, kadhina, kanisha, krishna, lanchhana, madhulika, maliyasa, narttaka, narttakah, nrityakunda, nrtyakundaka, nrtyakundala, nrtyakundalah, ragi, raji, rajika, soma |
| Tamil | - ariyam, iracikai, iracikam , iragi, iraki, irattaraci , kal varagu, kalumarikam, kapai, kayur, kel varaku, kelvaragu, kelvaraku, kelwaragoo, keppai, kevar, kevaru, kevu, kevura, kevuru, kezhvaragu, kulvaraku, kurakkan, kurukkan, naccini, nancini, pancantanki, ragi, raki, ukantavaraku |
| Telugu | chollu, cholu, peddaraagulu, ponassa, raagulu, ragi, ragulu, sodi, tamidalu, tamidelu, thamidalu, thamidelu, thaviddu |
| Tibetan | - bras ma dhu li ga, bras ma du lun ga (d) |
| Common name | finger millet |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Grass Fruit, leaves Dysentery; for wound healing; measles; pleurisy and smallpox fevers; ulcer; diabetes General Latheef et al. 2014, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Latheef et al. 2014
Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 3 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
The Flora of Orissa Vol IV Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)