Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Gmelina asiatica
Scientific Name and Description
Gmelina asiatica L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | badhara |
| Kannada | gula, guladu mara, gulamara, guldu, guludu, guludu mara, kal dhivani, kal shivani, kalshivani, kirushivani, kumatha, kumati gida, Gumhar , Gumhar |
| Malayalam | guludu, kumil |
| Marathi | lahan shivani, lahanshivan |
| Sanskrit | biddari, gopabhadra, kasmari, vikarini |
| Tamil | amutaccokitam, amutacokitam, arusavira, carati, caratikkumil, cenkumil, cetikkumil, cevaki, cillantaki, cillantakicceti, cipannam, cirukumil, cirupukikacceti, citavamaram, kadambal, kadukkumil, kallikam, kallikamaram, kampari, kamparimaram, kantamittiram, kapanacani kattukkotikacceti, kattukkotikam, katukkumil, kulamekati, kumil, kumil ver, kumilakam, kumilakamaram, kumilam ver, kumilan, kumilani, kumilankoti, kumili, kumilkkoti, kumirgodi, kumizh, kumizha maram, kumizham, kumizhamaram, kumla, kumpalakkoti, kumpalakkoti, kumpicam, kuttukkumilan, maratikakkumil, maratikam, mottil, mukkilalaki, mulkumil, mulkumizh, neelacoomul-vayr, nelakumizh, nila-cumal, nilak kumill, nilak-kumil, nilakkimnizh, nilakkumil, nilakkumil,nilakkumizh, parunicceti, takumuli, vellakumil, |
| Telugu | adavi gummudu, challa gummudu, challagumudu, chiru gummudu, chiru nelli, chirugummudu, chirunelli, chitti gumud, cirugummudu, cirunelli, goomadi, goomoodoo, gumadi, gumadu, gummaddi, gummadi, gummadu, gummera, gummidi, gumudu, kaarugummadi, kaarugummudu, karugummadi, karugummudu, karugumudu, kavva gummudu, kavvagummadi, kavvagummudu, nela gumudu, nelagoomadi, nelagummudu, nelagumudu, peddanelli, salla gummudu, shierigoonoodoo, shinigumudu |
| Common names | Asian Beech, Ash Tree |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Gmelina asiatica L. Shrub to small tree Fruit, leaves, root Eczema; epistaxis; used as soap; dandruff; throat infection; cough; diabetes General Ragupathy and Newmaster 2009, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Ragupathy and Newmaster 2009
Sreeramulu et al. 2013
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
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)