Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Entada scandens
Scientific Name and Description
Entada scandens BENTH
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Eniada scandens AUCT. NON BENTH.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | nicker or mackay bean, sea bean |
| Hindi | barabi chian |
| Kannada | doddakampi, haleballi, halle, hallebilu, hallekayiballi, palleburu |
| Malayalam | ahakkatela, anatata, entada, kakkavalli, makkanka, paranda, paranta, parin-kakavalli, paringakakavully, paringakavalli, perimkakuvalli, perumkakkavalli, perunkakkavalli, vattavalli |
| Marathi | garambi, garbe, girambi |
| Sanskrit | gilla |
| Tamil | anaittellu, camuttirappuliyan#, camuttirappuliyan@, cillu, irikki, kirancakamirakkoti, kirancakamiram, nukkuki, nukkukikkoti, ottolakkoti, ottolam, perumancati, peruntellu, peyarttavakkoti, peyarttavam, sillu, tel, tellu, tellukkoti, viccali, viccalittellu, yanaittellu |
| Telugu | gila-tiga, gilatige, gillatige, peddamadupu, tandramanu, tikativva |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Ethnopharmacology use
Entada rheedii Spreng
Habit -Tree
Parts used -Seed, bark, leaves, root, endosperm
Application -Rheumatism; stomachache; fever; pain; cold; scabies; contraceptive; intestinal worms; skin disease; infantile cold; epilepsy; snake bite; hypertension; dysentery
Treatment -General; women; children
References -Padal et al. 2014, Sai Vishnu Priya and Rao 2008
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)