Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Leucas cephalotes
Scientific Name and Description
Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Leucas capitata DESF.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | bishkhapru, deldona, dhurpisag, goma, goma madhupati, gomo, guma, gumba, kubi, motapati, nidralu, udapata, Dronapushpi |
| Kannada | dronapushpi |
| Malayalam | tumba |
| Marathi | deokhumba, deokumba, kumbha, shetad, shetvad, thumba, tumba, Drona pushpi |
| Sanskrit | chhatraka, chhatrani, chitrak-shupa, chitrakshupa, chitrapathrika, chitrapatrika, drona, dronapushpi, dronapuspi, kaundinya, kshavapatri, kumbhayoni, kumbhayonika, kurumba, kurumbika, kutumbaka, palindi, phalapuspa, phalepushpa, shvasanaka, supushpi, vrikshasaraka |
| Tamil | peruntumpai, thumbai, tumbay-keere,Thumbai |
| Telugu | pedda tummi, peddathummi, peddatumni, thummi, tummi, tumni,Peddatumbai |
| Tibetan | do na i me tog, dro na i me tog (d) |
| Bengali | Ghoranitri |
| Common names | Dharampusp, guma, dronpushpi or drona puspi, tou xu bai rong cao. |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng. Herb Whole plant Dermatitis; snakebite General Samy et al. 2008
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Samy et al. 2008
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
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 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
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)
Citations
Herb citations
Leucas cephalotes. (2024, February 23). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucas_cephalotes