Operculina turpethum Trivrut Nishoth

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Operculina turpethum

Scientific Name and Description

Operculina turpethum (L.) S. MANSO

Herb Family

Convolvulaceae

Plant type

Climber

Plant Synonyms

Convolvulus turpethum L.
Ipomoea turpethum (L..) R. BR.
Merremia turpethum RENDLE
Merremia turpethum (L.) Shah & Bhatt.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	indian jalap, turpeth root, turpethum
Hindi	nakpatra, nishoth, nisotar, nisoth, nisut, nukpatar, pithori, pitohri, tarbal, tarbud, tarbut, tera, trabal, Nisoth निसोथ, Trivrit त्रिवृत्त
Kannada	aalthigudu, aaluthigade, aalutigade, altigudu, aluthi gida, alutigade, bangada balli, benne bidiru, bilae naga danthi, bilenagadanti, biley naagadanthi, bili aluthigade, bili tigade, bilithigade, bilitigade, bilitigadu, devadanthi, devadanti, elavu sandi gida, naagadanthi, nagadanti, sigade, tigade, tigade beru, tigadeballi, tigadi, tigadikeputigadda
Malayalam	chivaka, civaka, rocani, rochani, sarala, sivata, tigade, tigude, tribhandi, trikolpakkonna, trikolpakonna, triputa
Marathi	nishotar, nishottara, nishotthara, phutkari, taed, turbeda, Nisottar निसोत्तार
Sanskrit	ardhachandra, aruna, arunatrivrt, bahurecani, hurochani, kalameshi, kalaparni, kali, kalingika, kootarana, kumbah, kumbha, kumbhadhatri, kutarana, lagivrittika, malavika, masuravidala, masuri, nandi, palindi, paripakini, recani, rechani, rochani, saha, sara, sarala, sarana, sarasa, sarata, sarvanubhuti, shyama, sukrabhandi, susheni, suvaha, syama, tribhandi, triputa, trivela, trivrit, trivrt, trivrta, trivrtta, tryirit, vidala, Trivrita त्रिवृत्, Sahachara सहचर
Tamil	adimbu, akarajam, arunai, atakacceti, atakam, atimpu, atimpurukam, calakaki, calakakicceti, calam, calapceti,calappu, cantirakalinti, caralam, caralam, caranam,caruvanukam, caruvanuputi, cayamaram,cenappal, cimai civatai, ciratai ver, civadai, civatai, civetai1, ciyamattiri, gunakandi, irattaccivatai, kalacuram, karunchivadai, karuncivatai ver, karunsivadai, kentakarani, kolapam, kotaram, kumbam, kumbanjan, kumbham, kumpacaram, kumpacinakam, kumpam, kumpamati, kumpancan, kunagandi, kunakanti, matura, nacakeralam, nattuccevatai, nikumpam, nukai, paganrai, pakanrai, pakantai, pakantai, pakantaipakatai, pilikkini, pitalapam, samaram, saralam, shevadie vayr, shivadai, shivadai-ver, shivadaiver, sivadai, sivadaiver, sivatai, sivathai, sivathaiver, sivedai, tali x, tali, talini,tiriputam, tiriviruta, tirivirutam, tirivirutti, tirivitam, tiruvilam, urpalavanatai, varanacira, vayirocanati, vayirocani, vencivatai, virocani , Shivadai சிவடை
Telugu	erra tegada, errategada, errathegada, ettategada, nalla tegada, nalla thegada, nallategada, tegada, tella tegada, tellatagada, tellategada, thegada, thella thegada
Tibetan	ba la dur brid, dur byid, ne ron, sya ma dur byid
Urdu	naagpatar, nasooth, naswat-i-safaid, nisot safaid, turbad, turbud, turbud safaia, turbud safaid, turbud safaid nim kofta, turbud-i-safaid, turbudh
common names	Turpeth Root, Indian Jalap, Nisoth, St. Thomas lidpod.

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Roots

Stem

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso Tella tagada Convolvulaceae Whole plant Obesity, tuberculosis

Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso
Habit - Climber

Parts used - Whole plant

Application - Fever; earache

Treatment - General

References - Chopda and Mahajan 2009

Herbs Medical Indications

Fever

Earache

References

Literature

Chopda and Mahajan 2009

Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra

Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh

Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna

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 TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB

Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India

Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112

Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Citations

Operculina turpethum. (2024, March 15). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operculina_turpethum