Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Hygrophila auriculata
Scientific Name and Description
Hygrophila schulli (HAM.) M.R. & S.M. ALMEIDA
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Asteracantha longifolia (L.) NEES
Barleria longifolia L.
Hygrophila auriculata (SCHUMACH.) HEINE
Hygrophila spinosa T. ANDER
Asteracantha auriculata Nees
Asteracantha lindaviana De Wild. & T.Durand
Asteracantha longifolia (L.) Nees
Asteracantha macracantha Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Bahel schulli Buch.-Ham.
Barleria auriculata Schumach.
Barleria cornigera Very ex Nees
Barleria glabrata Vahl ex Nees
Barleria hexacantha Bertol.
Barleria hexacantha Moris
Barleria longifolia L.
Barleria macracantha R.Br.
Barleria spinosa Hook. ex Nees
Hygrophila lindaviana (De Wild. & T.Durand) Burkill
Hygrophila longifolia (L.) Kurz
Hygrophila schulli M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida
Hygrophila schulli var. alba Parmar
Hygrophila spinosa T.Anderson
Ruellia longifolia (L.) Roxb.
Tenoria undulata Dehnh.
Barleria longifolia L.
Hygrophila auriculata (SCHUMACH.) HEINE
Hygrophila spinosa T. ANDER
Asteracantha auriculata Nees
Asteracantha lindaviana De Wild. & T.Durand
Asteracantha longifolia (L.) Nees
Asteracantha macracantha Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Bahel schulli Buch.-Ham.
Barleria auriculata Schumach.
Barleria cornigera Very ex Nees
Barleria glabrata Vahl ex Nees
Barleria hexacantha Bertol.
Barleria hexacantha Moris
Barleria longifolia L.
Barleria macracantha R.Br.
Barleria spinosa Hook. ex Nees
Hygrophila lindaviana (De Wild. & T.Durand) Burkill
Hygrophila longifolia (L.) Kurz
Hygrophila schulli M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida
Hygrophila schulli var. alba Parmar
Hygrophila spinosa T.Anderson
Ruellia longifolia (L.) Roxb.
Tenoria undulata Dehnh.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | gokhula-kanta, gokhulakanta, gokshura, kailaya, kamtakaliya, kantakalia, kolsekajhar, kulakhara, oont-katela, tal-makhane-ka-per, tal-makhare-ka-per, talmakhana, talmakhana-ka-pair |
| Kannada | gokantaka, golimidi, goramidi, gorimidi, gorividi, gulimidi, kalavankabija, koikilakshi, kokilaaksha, kolachuli, kolagolike, kolagulike, kolamulli, kolase, kolavalike, kolavanke, kolikannina gida, kolikukkana gida, kovemulludai, mullankole, mullina gida, neer gobli gida, neerugobli, neerugolavalike, neerumulli, neeruppi gida, niruppi, palankasha |
| Malayalam | bahel-schulli, bahel-sohulli, bahelshulli, culli, vaualcculli, vayal-chulli, vayalchulli, vayalculli |
| Marathi | kalaso, kolasundaa, kolshinda, kolsundara, kolsunndo, talimakhana, thaalimakhaana, unt-katara, vikhara |
| Sanskrit | a, atichhatra, bhikshu, chhatraka, culli, ikshrakshurak, ikshugandha, ikshugandhaha, ikshura, ikshurah, ikshuraka, ikshuvalika, iksura, iksurah, iksuraka, iksurakaksuraka, iksurlaghanti, kakekshu, kandekshu, kantaka, kokilaksa, kokilaksah, kokilaksaka, kokilaksh, kokilaksha, kokilakshi, kokilanayana, kolistha, kshura, kshuraka, kulahaka, pichhila, pikekshana, shrigali, shrinkhali, shuklapushpa, shuraka, trikshura, vajra, vajrakantaka, vajrasthi, vayalkulli, virataru |
| Tamil | acamam, accakam, al, atticam, attitti, calakantakam, calakantaki, camaracam, cantatoru, canti, cantoru, carakatti, cattinakacceti, cattinakam, cavupacciyam, cemmarocitamullicceti, cemmarokatam, cencatcu, cirakalakantam, ikkiri1, ikkukantai, ikkuram, ikucucceti, ikucukku, inkucakkantan, inkuci, inkucicceti, inkucukantan,inkukkantan, itaccukkulampu, kakantam, kanatturumam, kantal, kantali, kantalicceti, karuncurai, kirutacikacceti, kirutacikam, koki1, kokilam, kokilanayanam, kokilapatcam, kokilatcacceti, kokilatcam, mulli, nakaiyal, neer moollie vayr, neer mulli, neermulli, neermulliver, neremulli, nikkam, nirkkantaki, nirkkumpicceti, nirkkuppi, nirmalli, nirmuli, nirmulli, nirppuntu, nirumalli, nitakam, nitakari, nitakaricceti, nittam, niyamam, pennakacceti, pennakam, ponkilikacceti, ponkilikam, porippuntu, tatakam, tirikatakam, tirikatam, tulakacceti, tulakam, tulamturacatamulam, turakatamulacceti, turakatamulam, turukkattavam, tuttam, vakkiranki, vaucika, vaucikamulli, veruka |
| Telugu | gobbi, gubbi chettu, kokilaksamu, kokilakshi, korimidi, mullagobbi, neerguviveru, neerugobbi, neerugubbi, neery golimidi, nirguvi-veru, nirugobbi, niruguviveru, niti gobbi, niti malli, Yettapeta |
| Tibetan | ko ki la ksa ka, ksu-ra |
| Urdu | tal makhana, talmakhana |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Migraine and headache; edema; anaemia; jaundice; considered to be aphrodisiac; for impotency and seminal weakness; vitality and good health; rheumatic arthritis; male sexual debility; kidney stones
Treatment - Genera
References - Jain 2004, Pushpangadan and Atal 1984, Pushpakarani and Natarajan 2014
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Jain 2004
Pushpangadan and Atal 1984
Pushpakarani and Natarajan 2014
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
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
Hygrophila auriculata. (2024, July 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophila_auriculata