Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Leptadenia reticulata
Scientific Name and Description
Leptadenia reticulata (RETZ.) WIGHT & ARN.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Gymnema aurantiaca WALL.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | dori, jhumka, jumka, meethi dodi |
| Kannada | bugudi hoovina gedde, hirandhodi, palateege balli, palatheege balli |
| Malayalam | atakodiyan, atapatiyan, curinil |
| Marathi | bhuidodi, dodi, khaandodkee, kharkhari, kher kodi, khirkhodi, raidodi, ray-dori, shinguti, shiradodee |
| Sanskrit | arkapushpi, caksusya, jivaniya, jivanti, madhusrava, mangalyanama, mangalyanamadheya, meda, sakasresta, sakasrestha, srngati, svarnajivanti, tittajivanti |
| Tamil | paalai keerai, palai-k-koti, palaikkirai, palaikkodi, palaikkoti, palakudai |
| Telugu | guttipaala, kalasa, mukku thummudu, mukkuthummudu, mukkutummudu, nn, paalathige, pala teega, palatige |
| Tibetan | dzi ba ni |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. Mukku teega Apocynaceae Whole plant Aphrodisiac
Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight and Arn.
Habit-Climber
Parts used -Whole plant
Application -Aphrodisiac; restorative; febrifuge; hairwash; earache; typhoid; skin disease; asthma; eczema
Treatment -General
References -Padal et al. 2010, Rao et al. 2006
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Padal et al. 2010
Rao et al. 2006
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 II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
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
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)