Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Litsea glutinosa
Scientific Name and Description
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Rob.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Litsea chinensis LAM.
Litsea glutimosa (LOUR.) C.B. ROBINSON
Litsea sebifera PERS.
Litsea glutimosa (LOUR.) C.B. ROBINSON
Litsea sebifera PERS.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | chandana, chandna, chirindi, chirinidi, garbijaur, maida, maida lakri, maidalakri, medh, menda, paror, rahan, rehan, singrau, singrauf, Laung |
| Kannada | lakkdi, lakki, lakki mara, maida lakdi, maidal kadi, narralagi |
| Marathi | maida lakadee, maidalakadi, maidalakdi, miri, ranamba, Laung, Vanshloka |
| Sanskrit | adhavara, bahurandhrika, bhavya, dhira, drava, jivani, jivanika, madhura, manichhidra, meda, medasaka, medasara, medini, medodbhava, medovati, purushadantika, rasa, sadhavi, shalyada, shalyaparni, shalyaparnika, shreshtha, snehavati, snigdha, svalpaparni, vasa, vibhavari |
| Tamil | ama, elambiragi, elumburukki, elumpurukki, mayilali, muchaippeyetti, picinpattai, pisinapatty, pisinbattai, pisinpatty, uralli |
| Telugu | kanugu nalike, kanujunalike, katakamma, katuvukamma, konda-wargu, meda, medaa, nara, nara-chettu, nara-mamdi, nara-nalike, naramaamidi, naramamidi, naranalike, narra alagi, narraalagi, pulusu maamidi, Kagshapatta |
| Urdu | meda lakri sayida, medalakdi, mughas baghdadi (maida lakdi) |
| Common names | bollygum, bolly beech, Bollywood, bollygum, brown bollygum, brown Bollywood, sycamore, brown beech |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob. Narra mamidi Lauraceae Stem bark Bone fracture
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Rob. Tree Whole plant Labour pains; bone fracture; boils; wound General Kumar et al. 2007
References
Literature
Literature
Kumar et al. 2007
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
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
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
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
Litsea glutinosa. (2023, January 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litsea_glutinosa