Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Phyla nodiflora
Scientific Name and Description
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Lippia nodiflora MICH.
Phyla nodiflora Linn
Blairia nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.
Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.
Lippia nodiflora var. normalis Kuntze
Platonia nodiflora (L.) Raf.
Verbena nodiflora L.
Zappania nodiflora (L.) Lam.
Phyla nodiflora Linn
Blairia nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.
Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.
Lippia nodiflora var. normalis Kuntze
Platonia nodiflora (L.) Raf.
Verbena nodiflora L.
Zappania nodiflora (L.) Lam.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Jalpeepal, Lundra, Bhuiokra, Bukkanbuti, bakkan, bhu-kokra, bhuiokra, chota-okra, jal - butti, jal pipali, jalapapili, jalpapli, ludra |
| Sanskrit | Jalpippali, Sharadi, Shakuladani, Matsyadani, Matsyagandha, agnijvala, bahushikha, chitrapatri, jalakarna, jalapippali, langali, maharashtri, matsyagandha, pranada, sakuladani, shakuladani, sharadi, toyavallari, trinashita, vasaka, vashira |
| English | Purple lippia, Frog fruit, Cape weed, Turkey Tangle Frogfruit |
| Odia | Bukkam, Visayan |
| Konkani | Adali |
| Kannada | Neerupippali, jala pippali, kere hippali, neela hippali, neeru hippali, neeru pippali, nela hippali, nela-hippali, nelahippali |
| Gujarati | Ratoliya, Ratuliyo |
| Tamil | Podukeli, Podutalai,btutalai, caivam, calakirakani, calakkiranitipanam, cempucattumuli, cetitta, civakarnanki, ilatcumi, kampanatakarai, kattuttippili, kirumutalatai, kotikkaccirukam, mulakalakkoti, mulakalam, nakacinku, navati, nilappippili, perumpotutalaikkoti, podootalei, podutalai, podutalei, poduthalai, poduthalai kudineer, poduthuvalai, ponnankani, potkalam, potta, potudalai, potutalai, potutilai, potuttalai, purcatam, putatalai, talaibodam, talaipotakam, talaipotam, talamputam, talapotam, tipani, tosakkinakunmanacini, toyapanam, toytalai, toytalaikkoti, vannikai, vannikaikkoti |
| Telugu | Bokenaku, Bokkena; bokenaku, bokkena, gajapippala-kada, mosalipappu, neeru pippali kada |
| Nepali | Jalapippali, Aikamar |
| Punjabi | Bakan, Bukan, Jalnim |
| Marathi | Ratoliya, Jalapimpali,adali, jalapimpali, ratalio, ratolia, ratoliya, vekkan |
| Malayalam | Kattuttippali,ana-coluppa, kattuttippali, katu-tippali, nirtippali |
| Manipuri | Chinglengbi |
| Persian | Bukkun |
| Urdu | bukun booti |
| Common names | Turkey Tangle Frogfruit, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Herbal Remedies
Ethnopharmacology use
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene Herb Whole plant Diabetes; antiseptic; painful joints; malarial fevers; asthma; pulmonary infections; fever; antibacterial; jaundice; promotes sexual desire; dandruff; diarrhoea; stomachache General; children Basha et al. 2011, Lingaraju et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Basha et al. 2011
Lingaraju et al. 2013
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
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)
Citations
Herb citations
WFO (2024): Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000270345. Accessed on: 28 Jun 2024
Wikipedia. 2024. "Phyla Nodiflora." Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified May 19, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyla_nodiflora.