Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Garcinia gummi-gutta
Scientific Name and Description
Garcinia cambogia GAERTN. DESR.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) ROBS.
Cambogia binucao Blanco
Cambogia gemmi-gutta L.
Cambogia solitaria Stokes
Garcinia affinis Wight & Arn.
Garcinia cambogia (Gaertn.) Desr.
Garcinia sulcata Stokes
Cambogia binucao Blanco
Cambogia gemmi-gutta L.
Cambogia solitaria Stokes
Garcinia affinis Wight & Arn.
Garcinia cambogia (Gaertn.) Desr.
Garcinia sulcata Stokes
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| common names | Garcinia cambogia, brindle berry, Malabar tamarind. |
| Hindi | bilatti-amli, Kokum |
| Kannada | aesali, aesalu huli, aradaalada mara, aradal, aradala, aradalada, aradalaupagi, arasina pulige, arasinapulige, ardala, esali, esalpuli, heela, hile, kadagolu, karkapuli, karkpuli, mandu huli, manthey huli, manthuli, manthulli, mantulli, munthe huli, muragi, ontepuli, opagi mara, otekayi, punarpuli, seeme hunise, seeme kamboge, simai hunase, upagi, upagi mara, vote kaayi |
| Malayalam | chigiri, cikiri, coddam-pulli, coddampulli, kadumpuli, kodagam, kodakapuli, kodakkapuli, kodampuli, kodappuli, kodapuli, korugan, kotakkappuli, kotappuli, kottukkappuli, kurkapullie, kurukkampuli, kutampuli, kutappuli, marappuli, penanga, pinampuli, pinar, pinaru |
| Marathi | aradal, daraambaa, darambo, dharamba, dharambe |
| Sanskrit | vrksamlah, Amlapitta |
| Tamil | cakkiraviriyam, catpeti, cattapeti, cikiri, cimaikkorukkappuli, cimaikkorukkappulimaram, cimaikkorukkayppuli, ilappuli, kapavatamariyan, kattimutantam, kattimutantamaram, kodakkapuli, kodukkappuli, korukka,korukkaip-puli, korukkaippuli, korukkampuli, korukkay,kotakan, namalomalam, punampuli, takattaippokki, takattaiyatakki, Kudampuli |
| Telugu | seemachinta, simachinta, simacinta, vaadachinta, vadachinte, vadacinte, vrksamla |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Stem
Leaves
Fruits
Resin
Ethnopharmacology use
Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb.
Habit -Tree
Parts used -Leaves, fruit, stem
Application -Dysentery; diarrhea; antibacterial; pimples; boils; eczema; cholesterol; souring agent
Treatment -General
References -Prasad et al. 2013, Valsaraj et al. 1997
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
-Prasad et al. 2013
Valsaraj et al. 1997
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Garcinia gummi-gutta. (2024, May 20). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garcinia_gummi-gutta