Monochoria vaginalis Kolai

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Monochoria vaginalis
Scientific Name and Description
Monochoria vaginalis PRESL
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English marshy betelvine, monochoria
Hindi nanka
Kannada neelothpala
Malayalam carim-gola, karinkuvvalam
Marathi nelat-phal
Sanskrit indivarah
Tamil karikakkuvalaikkoti, karimkuvalam, karunkuvalai, kavitakkoti, kavitam, kolai, koticcittamarai, kullaiyam, kuncarakkoti, kuncaram , kuvalam, kuvalayam , nilakamalam, nilakkoti, nilampucam, nilampukkoti, nilappattiram, nilattamarai, nirkkavi, rauka , raukakuvalaikkoti, senkazhuneer kizhangu, tankacci, tankai, tankaicci
Telugu neerukaacha, nirkanca, nirokancha
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
References

Literature

Literature
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)