Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Oxystelma esculentum
Scientific Name and Description
Oxystelma secamone (L.) KARST.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Oxystelma esculentum R.BR.
Sarcostemma secamone (L.) BENNET
Oxystelma wallichii Wight
Periploca esculenta L. f.
Sarcostemma esculentum (L. f.) R.W. Holm
Sarcostemma secamone (L.) BENNET
Oxystelma wallichii Wight
Periploca esculenta L. f.
Sarcostemma esculentum (L. f.) R.W. Holm
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | dudhi, dudhialata, dudlata, dudlutta, dugdhica, kirni, kyirin |
| Kannada | dugdhika, dugdhike, maeke kombu balli, tikkaludugdhike, tikladugdha |
| Marathi | dhudani, dudhani, dudhari, dudhatani |
| Sanskrit | dudhialata, dugdhi, dugdhika, dughdika, grahini, kachhara, kshiratmika, kshiravi, kshiravika, kshiri, kshirini, marudbhava, svaduparni, tamramula, tiktadugdha, tiltadurgha |
| Tamil | anaittavitakkoti, anaittavitam, camurpannamuli, camurppannam, iracatanam, kalappalai, kollucippalaikkoti, kulappalai, kutacappalai, oosippalai, uchippalai, ucippalai, ucippalaikkoti, usip-palai, usippalai, uttamai, uttamapalini |
| Telugu | chirupaala, chirupala, cirupala, doodee-pala, doodeepalla, dudhipala, dudipaala, dudipala, dudipalla, nela pala, nelapaala, nelapala, paalakikura, palakikura, palakura, pinnapaala, pinnapala, sepa |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm.
Habit-Climber
Parts used -Leaves
Application -Gonorrhea; cough; joint pain; tooth ache; jaundice
Treatment -General
References -Kanthasamy Kalaichelvi 2016, Rao et al. 2006
References
Literature
Literature
anthasamy Kalaichelvi 2016
Rao et al. 2006
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Oxystelma esculentum. (2022, July 9). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxystelma_esculentum