Mucuna pruriens Kapikachhu Kiwach Atmagupta Kavach beej Kaunch beej Subs

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Mucuna pruriens

Scientific Name and Description

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

Herb Family

Fabaceae

Plant type

Climber

Plant Synonyms

Carpopogon pruriens ROXB.
Dolichos pruriens (L,)
Mucuna prurita HOOK
Stizolobium pruriens (L.) Pers.,
Carpogon capitatus Roxb.
Carpogon niveus Roxb.
Carpopogon capitatus Roxb.
Carpopogon niveum Roxb.
Carpopogon pruriens (L.) Roxb.
Dolichos pruriens L.
Macranthus cochinchinensis Lour.
Marcanthus cochinchinense Lour.
Mucuna aterrima (Piper & Tracy) Holland
Mucuna atrocarpa F.P.Metcalf
Mucuna axillaris Baker
Mucuna bernieriana Baill.
Mucuna capitata Wight & Arn.
Mucuna cochinchinense (Lour.) A.Chev.
Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A.Chev.
Mucuna deeringiana (Bort) Merr.
Mucuna esquirolii H. Lév.
Mucuna esquirolii H.Lev.
Mucuna hassjoo (Piper & Tracy) Mansf.
Mucuna hirsuta Wight & Arn.
Mucuna luzoniensis Merr.
Mucuna lyonii Merr.
Mucuna martinii H.Lev. & Vaniot
Mucuna minima Haines
Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) DC.
Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
Mucuna prurita (L.) Hook.
Mucuna prurita Wight
Mucuna sericophylla Perkins
Mucuna utilis Wight
Mucuna velutina Hassk.
Negretia mitis Blanco
Stizolobium aterrimum Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium capitatum (Roxb.) Kuntze
Stizolobium cochinchinense (Lour.) Burk
Stizolobium deeringianum Bort
Stizolobium hassjoo Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium hirsutum (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze
Stizolobium niveum (Roxb.) Kuntze
Stizolobium pruriens (L.) Medik.
Stizolobium pruritum (Wight) Piper
Stizolobium utile (Wall. ex Wight) Ditmer
Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.) Piper & Tracy

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	bengal bean, cow itch, florida velvet bean, velvet bean
Hindi	alkusi, dakli, dankuli chemi, gajaj bel, gajal bel, gajal-bel, gaunch, gaunchhi, gonca, goncha, kach-kori, kannach, kaunc, kaunch, kavach, kawanch, kivacc, kivachh, kivanchh, kiwach, konch, kueela, kuonch, pad-veldi, padveldi, Kapikacchu कौंच Kapikacchu
Kannada	chinakee beeja, hasaguni, kaadakare, kaadavare, kadavare, kadavarti, koogari, marakate, markata, markate, naasuganni, naayi soanku balli, naayi sonagu balli, naayi sonku, nasaguni-gida, nasagunni, nasagunni kaayi, nasuganni, nasugunni, nasugunni kaayi, nasukoogari, nasukunni, nauisonagu-balli, nayisonagu-balli, nayisonaguballi, nayisonangu, nayisonanguballi, nayisonguballi, thurachee avare balli, turachi-gida, turaci, turanchi, turashi
Malayalam	chorivalli, corivalli, coriyannam, nai-corana, naicorana, naicorina, naikkuruna, naikorana, nakuruna, nayik-korana, nayikuruma, nayikuruna, naykkorana, naykkurana, naykkuruna, shorivalli, shoriyanam
Marathi	kaajkuhilee, kavacha, khag-khiri, khatkurtli, kuhili, kuyeli, majram, Kuchia कुचिया Kuchia
Sanskrit	adhyanda, ajada, ajadhaphala, ajavha, arshabhi, atmagupta, badari, chanda, durabhigraha, dusparsha, gatrabhavyanga, guptaaphala, guptaphala, guru, jada, kacchura, kachhumati, kachhura, kandukari, kandura, kanduri, kapikacchu, kapikacchuh, kapikachchhu, kapikachhu, kapikachliu, kapiprabha, kapiromaphala, kashiroma, kundali, kusumbivalli, langali, maharshabhilangali, markata, markati, mbika, nga, pravrisha, pravrishayani, rishabhajata, rishabhi, rishyaprokta, romalu, romavalli, rrsabhi, rsabha, rsyaprokta, sadyashotha, shimbi, shukapindi, shukashimba, shukavati, sugupta, sukasimbi, svagupta, svayamgupta, svayangupta, tikshna, vanari, vanashukari, varahika, vrishya, vyaghra
Tamil	amudari, amukari, amutari, anantavankam, arikkiyantam, arruppalattan, arruppukkali, arruppukkalikkoti, arrupputtan, aruciyarttam, arugrattam, arukiyarattacceti, arukiyarattam, arukkiyantam, arukkiyatakam, atiyantam, attaramuttan, attukkali, attukkalicceti, attumabuttar, attumakupta, attumaputtar, avali, aviyankam, cilapetakkoti, cilapetam, corivalli, cukacimpar, cukacimpi, cukacitakkoti, cukacitam, cukampalam, cukkilaviruttiyakki, ilakuncam, ilakunccakkoti, irattapittani, iriciya, irishiya, itapi, kadigandu, kalikamattaikkalaiyappanni, kantukari, kanturai, kanturamkanturankoti, kantuti, katcura, katikali, katikalicceti, katikantu, kattavaraikavi, kavi1, kavicakakkoti, kavicakam, kavikaccu, kavikaccura, kavikaccuram, kaviromakkoti, kaviromam, kayincunai, kecaromam, kuptam, kurankuccori, kuruvakkali, kuruvarakkalicceti, kuvariya, kuvariyacceti, macci, macci, maccu, maguttam, makutam, makuti, makutikkalikkoti, makuttam, manaikkitanku, markati, markkati, markkatikkoti, marutam, mikuntakitam, mikuntatikam, mutkavikam, naikurni, pa, palatam, palatavakkoti, palatavam, palukam, pattitaviyakkoti, pattitaviyam, petakampetam, poonai kanjori, poonaikaali, poonaikali, poonaikkali, poonaykali, poonaykalie, pulamittican, punai-k-kali, punai-k-kali vittu, punaikkali, punaikkancori , punaikkayncori, punaimati, punaippidukkan, punaippitukkan, punaippitukkavarai, punaippitukkupunaipputittan, punaipputukkan, punaiyavari, puravarkkam, ranakali, ranakalikkoti, riciya, riciyakkoti, taumatiyakkoti, terkali, teruvakkoti, teruvam, tiriparnikam, vatanacan, veppulikam, verukatu, verukatukkoti, Nallapayaru நல்லபயறு Nallapayaru
Telugu	adavi ulavu, deluganda, dodaragunda, dolugunda, doolagonda, doolagondi, dooradagondi, dul-dundi, dula-gondi, duladaama, dulagondi, durada gondi, duradagondi, nayikkorana, pedda-dulagondi, peeliadagookaila, pilladugu, pilli adugu, pilli-adugu, pilliadagu, pilliaduga, pilliadugu, pilliyadagu, pilliyadugu, praavrishayani, pravrishayani, pravryshayani, tella dradagondi, telladuradagondi, theeta kogial, thelladooradagondi, tita-kogila, totadulagondi, Kapikachchu కపిక్కచుచు Kapikachchu
Tibetan	ba-na-ri, kha sral
Urdu	hub-i-qilqil, kavancha, konch
Common name	monkey tamarind, velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna bean, and Lyon bean.
Ayurveda	Kapikacchu

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Tibetan

Folk

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Fruits

Seeds

Whole plant

Pod

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Leaf paste applied externally promotes healing of ulcer and boils.
Seeds are nerve tonic and effective in leucorrhoea and paralysis.
Hairs of the pod are used for removing round worms.
Seeds and hairs are considered a powerful aphrodisiac in Ayurvedic medicine.
Roots are tonic, nerve stimulant, diuretic and purgative.
A paste of root is used externally to treat dropsy.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. Dulagondi Fabaceae Whole plant Aphrodisiac, spermatorrhoea

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. Kevanch Fabaceae Against intestinal worms

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

Habit - Climbing liana

Parts used - Whole plant

Application - Diarrhea; snakebite; sexual disorder; amenorrhea; abnormal mensturation; boils; blisters; wound; anthelmintic; allergy; rheumatoid arthritis; earache; intestinal worms; gastrointestinal disorders; seminal weakness; kidney stones

Treatment - General; men

References - Bhaskar and Samant 2012, Gayakvad et al. 2014