Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Pseudarthria viscida
Scientific Name and Description
Pseudarthria viscida WIGHT & ARN.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Kannada | antu bele gida, antuparni |
| Malayalam | muvila, muvvila |
| Sanskrit | kalasi, prsniparni, salaparni, saliparni, sanaparni |
| Tamil | kotiottai, muvilai, muvilaippunnai, muvilaippunnaimaram, neermali, nirmalli, pitani 3, pitani |
| Telugu | muyak, muyaku ponna, muyyaku ponna, muyyakuponna, nayaku ponna, nayakuponna |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight and Arn. Shrub Whole plant Fever; asthma; diabetes; helminthiasis; piles; strangury; asthma; cardiovascular diseases; nerve disorder; snake bite; ulcer; bronchitis; hepatic disorder; cold; cough; postpartum health; prolapse of uterus General; women Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2005, Padal et al. 2014
References
Literature
Literature
Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2005
Padal et al. 2014
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
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)