Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Fagonia indica
Scientific Name and Description
Fagonia indica Burm. f
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Fagonia arabica L.
Fagonia indica L. var. schweinfurthii HADIDI
Fagonia indica L. var. schweinfurthii HADIDI
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Sanskrit | Dhanvayaasa, ajabhakshya, ananta, ananto, atmamuli, dhanna, dhanuryasa, dhanva, dhanvayas, dhanvayasa, dhanvayasaka, dhanvayavasa, dhanvi, duhsparsa, durabhi, duralabaha, duralabha, dusparsha, gandhari, grahini, idankarya, igraha, kacchura, kashaya, kunashaka, marujauma, mriduparna, padmamukhi, prabodhani, pralhadini, rodini, samudranta, sukshmadala, suralabha, tamramula, ushtrabhakshya, ustrabhaksya, vikanta, virupa, visharada |
| Hindi | Dhamasa, damahan, dhamaso, jawasio, ustarkhar |
| Rajasthan Region | Dhamaso |
| Kannada | mullu muddu gida, nela ingalaara |
| Marathi | dhamasa, dhumaso, dumaso |
| Telugu | chitikara, chittigara, cittigara |
| Tibetan | ba tsher ba rnam gcig, byi tsher, byi-tsher |
| Urdu | badavard, badawand, badaward, badawarde, dhamaya(dhamasa) |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
- Decoction of the whole plant cures fever, smallpox, eczema and other skin diseases.
- Plant paste applied externally to abscesses and wounds.
- Powdered leaves and flowers are given in vomiting and diarrhoea.
- Decoction of leaves and twigs is blood purifier.
- Smoke from whole plant inhaled to treat asthmatic attack.
Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003
Fagonia indica Burm. f. Shrub Whole plant Fever; cold; cough General Kayani et al. 2014
References
Literature
Literature
Kayani et al. 2014
A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4 Author - GEORGE WATT
HAMDARD PHARMACOPOEIA OF EASTERN MEDICINE Author - HAKIM MOHAMED SAID
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4 Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
SELECTED HERBO-MINERAL REMEDIES FIRST EDITION Author - PROF.HAKEEM MOHAMMED ZAHOORUL HASAN
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Citations
Herb citations
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112