Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Pogostemon benghalensis
Scientific Name and Description
Pogostemon benghalensis (Burm. f.)
Kuntze
Kuntze
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Pogostemon plectranthoides DESF.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | kala basingu, kali basuti, kali-basuti, lujrya, raudera |
| Kannada | naati pachhe thene |
| Marathi | pangra, phangli |
| Telugu | gaggerakura, goggakoora, gondri poolu, kusurijang, pedda tulasi |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Pogostemon benghalensis (Burm. f.) Kuntze Shrub Whole plant Wounds; fever General Kumar et al. 2007
References
Literature
Literature
Kumar et al. 2007
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
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
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 Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
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)