Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Garcinia indica
Scientific Name and Description
Garcinia indica (DUP.) CHOISY
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Garcinia purpurea G.DON.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common name | Kokum,Kokum butter tree, Goa butter tree, Wild mangosteen |
| English | goa butter, kokum, kokum butter |
| Hindi | kokam, kokam-ka-tel, vishambil |
| Kannada | amasole gida, amasolu, bherunda, devana huli, dhoopada mara, dhupadamara, kethae huli, kokum mara, kokum thaila, mugal, murgal, murgala, murghuli, murgina huli, murgina hulimara, murginahuli, murginahuli-mara, murinahuli, murugalu, muruvana huli, muruvina, punarapuli, punarpuli |
| Malayalam | kokumbrindeo, pinampuli, punampuli |
| Marathi | aamkola, amsole, bhinda, bhiran, bhirand, chirand, katambi, kokam, punampuli, ratamba, ratambi |
| Sanskrit | amlabija, amlapura, amlashaka, amlavetasa, amlavriksha, amlavrikshaka, atyamala, bijamla, chudamala, chukra, chukramla, chukraphala, phalamlah, phalamlaka, puramla, raktachudah, raktapuraka, rasamla, sakamlah, shalamla, shreshthamla, tintidika, tittidiphala, vrikshamla, vrksamla, vrksamlah, vruksamlah |
| Tamil | murgal, murgal-mara, murukal |
| Tibetan | da tri ga (p), da tri gi |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Fruits
Fruit rind
Ethnopharmacology use
Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy
Habit -Tree
Parts used -Leaves, fruit
Application -Cosmetic ingredients; edible
Treatment -General
References -Bhagat et al. 2016
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Bhagat et al. 2016
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
lora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
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 indica. (2023, October 31). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garcinia_indica