Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Panicum italicum
Scientific Name and Description
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.
Herb Family
Plant type
Grass
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Panicum italicum L.
Setaria italica
Setaria verticillata L
Setaria italica
Setaria verticillata L
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | foxtail millet, german millet, hungarian or italian millet, millet spray |
| Hindi | bertia, chena, kakni, kakun, kalakangni, kamguni, kang, kanghuni, kangni, kangu, kangui, kauni, kirakang, kirang, koni, samak |
| Kannada | aarike, bilikorla-hollu, kaango akki, kingo-gida, kongu, naoni, navanaklu, navane, navaneakki, navani, priyangi thene, raia, vavani |
| Malayalam | navana, tauna, tena, tenayari, tenna, tina |
| Marathi | bhadle, chena, kaang, kamg, kang, kangni, kangu, raala, raale, rala, rale, samve |
| Sanskrit | chinaka, dhanyapriyangu, kangaka, kangu, kanguh, kanguka, kanguni, kangunika, kanku, pitatandula, priyangu, priyanguka, shyamaka, syamaka |
| Tamil | alaitticam, cai, caivankam, cakattiram, celumaipiri, ceyamakam, cinattaniyam, cittirattantulam, elan, enal, enam@, irati, kakkaram, kanakavirutti, kanku, kankur, karcepam, mancaltinai, niriyam, paintinai, pantupocanam, pontukatinai, tenai, tennai, tenney, thinai, tinai, tinaiyarici, tinnai, tirutti, titti, uttanam |
| Telugu | kanguni, kora, koralu, korra, korralu, nakka-korra |
| Tibetan | khre |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Fruits
Seeds
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. Grass Whole plant Shivering; diuretic; dyspepsia; poor digestion; bone fracture General Maloles et al. 2011
References
Literature
Literature
Maloles et al. 2011
The Flora of Orissa Vol IV Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
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
Herb citations
Panicum italicum. (2022, September 16). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panicum_italicum