Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Mussaenda macrophylla
Scientific Name and Description
Mussaenda frondosa L.
Mussaenda macrophylla Wall.
Mussaenda macrophylla Wall.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Gardenia frondosa (L.) Lam.
Mussaenda belilla Buch.-Ham.
Mussaenda dovinia Buch.-Ham.
Mussaenda flavescens Buch.-Ham.
Mussaenda formosa L. nom. illeg.
Mussaenda fruticosa L.
Mussaenda ingrata Wall. ex Hook.f.
Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz nom. illeg.
Mussaenda sumatrensis B.Heyne ex Roth
Mussaenda tomentosa Wight ex Hook.f. nom. inval.
Mussaenda villosa Schltdl. ex Hook.f. nom. illeg
Mussaenda frondosa
Mussaenda belilla Buch.-Ham.
Mussaenda dovinia Buch.-Ham.
Mussaenda flavescens Buch.-Ham.
Mussaenda formosa L. nom. illeg.
Mussaenda fruticosa L.
Mussaenda ingrata Wall. ex Hook.f.
Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz nom. illeg.
Mussaenda sumatrensis B.Heyne ex Roth
Mussaenda tomentosa Wight ex Hook.f. nom. inval.
Mussaenda villosa Schltdl. ex Hook.f. nom. illeg
Mussaenda frondosa
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | bebina, bedina |
| Kannada | balethappu, belloti, belloti-gida, bellotigida, bellotti, bolletappu, ipparati, ippiriti, ipri, vellaellay |
| Malayalam | belilla, vallil, vellila, vellilai, vellilam, vellilattali, vellimaithali, vellimayittali, vellithali |
| Marathi | bhutakesi |
| Sanskrit | nagvalli, rajatarih, shrivatte, sribati, sriparnah |
| Tamil | matantai, vallai, vallai matantai, vella-ellay, vellai ilai, vellaiyilai, vellallay, velli ilai, velli matantai, vellilai , vellimatantai, velliyilaicceti |
| Telugu | nagavalli, sribati |
| Common names | wild mussaenda, dhobi tree, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Mussaenda frondosa L. Shrub Leaves To induce sound sleep General Pushpangadan and Atal 1984
References
Literature
Literature
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
Mussaenda frondosa. (2024, March 17). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussaenda_frondosa