Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Mollugo pentaphylla
Scientific Name and Description
Mollugo pentaphylla L
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Kannada | jaraasi, jaradsi, kedarasi |
| Marathi | jarasi, jharasa |
| Tamil | turapoondu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Mollugo pentaphylla L. Herb Whole plant Anti inflammatory; analgesic; antipyretic; antiseptic; sores; skin diseases; eye diseases General Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2005
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2005
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I 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 Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
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