Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Jatropha gossypifolia
Scientific Name and Description
Jatropha gossypifolia L.
Herb Family
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | bherenda, mayla, ratan-jhad, ratanjhad, ratanjoti, ratanjyot |
| Kannada | chikka kaada haralu, chikka kaadu haralu, chikka turuka, hatthi yele haralu, hattiaela visha haralu, kari thruku haralu, kari-turukaharalu, kariturakaharalu, kariturukaharalu |
| Malayalam | katalavanakku, seema avanakku, shimaavanakku, simayavanakku |
| Sanskrit | dravanti |
| Tamil | aadalai, adalai, adali, atalai1, atlai, cimaiyamanakku, cimaiyatalai, cimaiyatalaicceti, civappatalai2, civappatalaicceti2, katta-manakku, kattamanakku, kattamanakku1, nakkurotam, parainitacceti, parainitam, simaiyamanakku, sumaiyaman, vatalai |
| Telugu | naepaalemu, nala amida, nalamudamu, nepalamu, nepalemu, seema-nepalamu, seemanaepaalemu, seemanepalam, simanepalamu, simanepalemu, yerra dundimalu |
| Common Names | bellyache bush, black physicnut or cotton-leaf physicnut, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Ethnopharmacology use
Jatropha gossypifolia Linn. Red Bagranda/ Ratanjot Euphorbiaceae Herb Resin Jatrophenone, hydroxyjatrophone A, B, C, gadain, prasanthaline, isogadain, cyclogossine A, coumarino-lignoid and ricinoleic acid
References
Literature
Literature
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
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 KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Jatropha gossypiifolia. (2023, October 15). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_gossypiifolia