Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Myrica nagi
Scientific Name and Description
Myrica nagi Thunb.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | kaephal, kaiphal, kaphal, kayaphul |
| Kannada | katphala, kattala, kirishivani, krisihivani, marudampatte |
| Malayalam | maruta, marutamtoli, marutu |
| Marathi | kaayaphal, kaiphal, kayaphala, kayaphul |
| Sanskrit | aranya, arbha, bhadra, bhadranjaka, bhadravati, kaidarya, kaidaryama, kaitarya, kaphala, katphala, katphalah, kayaphala, krishnag somavalka, kumbhi, kumbhipaki, kumbli, kumuda, kumudika, laghukashmarya, mahakumbha, mahakumbhi, nasanu, prachetasi, purusha, rajanakah, ramasenaka, rohini, shriparnika, somavalkah, somavriksha, sriparni, tvakaphala, ugragandha |
| Tamil | kirusna karppam, marudam, marudam-pattai, marutam pattai |
| Telugu | kaaidaryamu, kaidanyamu, kaidaryamu |
| Tibetan | ka da pha la (d), ka tva la, ka-tpha-la, katpha la (p) |
| Urdu | kaifal, kaiphal |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Stem
Ethnopharmacology use
Myrica nagi Thunb. Shrub Stem - General Chopda and Mahajan 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
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)