Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Manilkara hexandra
Scientific Name and Description
Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Mimusops hexandra ROXB.
Mimusops indica A.DC.
Mimusops hexandra Roxb. basionym
Mimusops indica A.DC.
Mimusops hexandra Roxb. basionym
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | palu |
| Hindi | khair, khir, khirni, kshiri, ranjan |
| Kannada | bakula, hale hannu, khiranee, kiraale, kiraanimara, kirani hannina mara, kirani mara, kirhaale, ksheera vriksha, ksheerini, mukula, nn, pakkalada, pakkila, pete |
| Malayalam | elengi, khrini, manilakkara, pala, palamunnippala, palamunpala, pali |
| Marathi | khiranee, kirni, raajana, raini, rajana, ranjana, rayan |
| Sanskrit | dhupeshtha, drdhaskandha, dridhaskandha, guchhaphala, jara, kapishtha, kshirashukla, kshiravriksha, kshiri, kshirika, kshirini, ksiri, ksirika, ksirini, madhavodbhava, madhuphala, nimbabija, nripadruma, phaladhyaksha, rajadana, rajadanah, rajadani, rajahvam, rajanya, rajaphala, shriphala |
| Tamil | attukkompuppalai, attukkottuppalai, civa, kannupalalai, kanupala, karupala, kirni, mesakkotu, metakkotu, pala, palai, palai 1, palai mukil, palla, patla, pola, sivandi, sivani, sukkilam, ulakkaipalai, ulakkaippalai, ulakkaippali, ullakai-palai, vatuvati |
| Telugu | kirni, manchipala, mancipala, manjipaala, manjipala, nemmi, nienni, nunni, nunni paala, pal, pala, palapandu chettu, pale, palla, pallapandu, palle, pallepaulo, patla, pola, puttapala |
| Tibetan | ra dza da na (d), ra dze da na |
| Urdu | tukhm khirini |
| common name | Khirni |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Bark
Fruits
Latex
Ethnopharmacology use
Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard Tree Fruit, latex, bark Hip pains; toothache; fever General Padal et al. 2010
References
Literature
Literature
Padal et al. 2010
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
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
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
Manilkara hexandra. (2023, December 27). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manilkara_hexandra