Psoralea corylifolia Bakuchi Bawachi Bavanchi

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Psoralea corylifolia
Scientific Name and Description
Psoralea corylifolia L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English bawchan seed
Hindi babachi, babchi, babci, bachi, bakhni, bakuci, bavanchi, bavanchiyan, bavchi, bavchiyan, bhavaj, bhavanj, bukchi
Kannada baahujige, baavanchi, baavanchi gida, baavanjee gida, baavuje, bavanchi, karbeck beeja, somaraji
Malayalam cottam, karkokil, karkokilari
Marathi baavanchi, babachi, babchi, bavachi, bavachya, bavanchi, bavchi
Sanskrit aindavi, andraraji, asitatvacha, avalguja, bakuchi, bakuci, candralekha, candrasakala, chandralekha, chandraprabha, chandri, chvakuchi, indralekha, induraji, indurajika, kalameshi, kalameshika, kamboji, kandughni, kantaka, kantida, krimighna, krishna, krishnaphala, krsnaphala, kushtaghni, kushthahantri, kushthanashini, kustaghni, putigandha, putiphala, putiphali, sasankhalekha, shashilekha, shulotkha, sita, sitavari, soma, somaraja, somaraji, somavalli, somavallika, sugandhakantak, suparnika, suprabha, suvalli, suvallika, tvagadoshapaha, vakoochie, vakuci, valguja, vanguji, vejani
Tamil caivaputi, cantirekam, cantirekarici, cantirinokkam, cilesmanacani, comaraci , cuvalli, cuvalyapi, kaarpokarisi, kaarpooga arisi, kappuva arici, kappuvaarici, karakkarunai, karbogarisi, karboka arisi, karkkolam, karkkolvittu, karpo-karishi, karpogam, karpoka arici, karpokam , karpokam , karpokarici, karpokarishi, karpokarisi, karpoki, karpokkarisi, karpooga arisee, karporgam, karppoku, karppuka, karppuva, karpuka , karpuka , karpukavarici, karpurakam, karpuva, karpuva arici, karpuva-arishi, karpuvaarici, karpuvarishi, karukolarici, katirekam, kirusnapalam, malampuru, malpurru, malpuru, marpuru, marpuruvarici, marutkavarici, pakuci, palamirutam, pavacittu, pokavarici, vacukikarpam, vakuci , vakucivirai, vakucu, valiyapi, vanaci, vanavi, vanaviyarici, varakuca, varakuli, varakuliyarici, varkuca , varkuca , visakkuttanacani
Telugu bavancalu, bavanchalu, bavanji, bhaavanji, bhaavanji chettu, bhavanchi-vittu-lu, bhavanchi-vittulu, bhavanji, bogi-vittulu, bogivittulu, kaalaginja, kaalugachha, kalaginja, kalugech-cha-vittulu, kalugechcha, karu-bogi, karu-bogi-vittulu, karubogi, korjashtam
Tibetan so ma ra dza, so ma ra tsa
Urdu babchi, babechi, bakuchi, bavachi
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Tibetan
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Fruits
References

Literature

Literature
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH