Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Pentatropis capensis
Scientific Name and Description
Pentatropis capensis (L.F.) BULLOCK
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Pentatropis microphylla (ROXB.) WIGHT & ARN.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | ambarvel |
| Kannada | kaaka anaashi, uppili balli |
| Malayalam | paparam, parpparam |
| Marathi | shingrota |
| Sanskrit | kakanasa, kakanasika, kakatundaphala, shringariti, sringiritti, sunasika, suryavalli |
| Tamil | inkai , irkkolikkopi, irkkolli, irkolli , irukolli, parparam, uppilan koti, uppili, uppilikkoti, uppiliver, vellaiuppi, vellaiuppillankoti |
| Telugu | cekurtitivva, chekruti-teeg, chekurthithivva, chekurtitivva, chekurtitivya, poda paala, poola pala, poolapaala, poolapalla, pulapala |
| Tibetan | ka ka na sa |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
References
Literature
Literature
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
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.
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH