Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Hibiscus cannabinus
Scientific Name and Description
Hibiscus cannabinus L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | ambari hemp, bimlipatum jute, confederate rose, deccan hemp, kenaf |
| Hindi | ambadi, ambari, nalita, patsan, pulu, san, sun |
| Kannada | ambade, gogu, holada pundrike, holadapundrike, kasala gida, pindi soppu, pinidrikegida, pundi, vundi |
| Malayalam | kancavu, kanchavu, kanjaru |
| Marathi | ambaadi, ambada, ambadi, ambari |
| Sanskrit | alka, ambalika, ambashtha, ambastha, ambika, amla, amlapatraka, balika, bhenda, bhinid, bhurimalli, chhinnapatri, chitrapushpi, dridhv, gandhapatri, garnikura, karaparni, keshi, machika, macika, maryurika, mayurvidala, mukhavachika, nali, phalamla, prashthika, rajjudatri, sahasravatamulika, sana, shathamba, shreyasi, vrttabija |
| Tamil | canampu, canappuppuliccai, cetikkacuraikkirai, curi, kacalkirai, kacaraikkirai, kaccakkirai, kaccam, kaccirakku, kacciranku, kaccorikkirai, kaccurai, kaccurakkainar, kaccurakkirai, kaccuram, kaccurukkukkirai, kachurai, kachurukkai, kacilikkirai, kacini-k-kirai, kacinikkirai, kairavali, kairavalikacceti, kairavalikam, katiyilai, kattukkayccurai, kattuppuliccai, kayccirakku#, kayccori, kayccurai, kayccurukku, kaycurai, kayiciranku, kincaka, kincakakkirai, kotikkacarai, kottikkacaraikkirai, nali, oulimanji, palungu, phalungu, piliccai, puliccai, puliccaikkirai, puliccakkirai, puliccana, puliccankirai, puliccha keerai, pulicciru kirai, puliccukkirai, pulich-chirukirai, pulichai, pulichai-keera, pulichakeerai, pulicharkirai, pulichhai, pulichi, pulimancai, pulimanci#, pulimanci, pulimanjai, pulimanji, pulimaricai, pulivincai, valikai, valikaikkirai |
| Telugu | ghongookoora, ghongukuru, gogu, golungu, gongoora, gongura, gonkoora, gonkura, gulugu, gulungu, gulunguchettu, gungkura, pundikura |
| Tibetan | a mba sti |
| Urdu | mushkadanah |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Bark
Flowers
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Hibiscus cannabinus L. Malvaceae Pulichakeerai Herb Leaves Decoction Antilipidemic
Hibiscus cannabinus L. Shrub Flower buds, seed, bark Abortion; non medicinal commercial purposes General Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2010
References
Literature
Literature
Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2010
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
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