Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Pueraria tuberosa
Scientific Name and Description
Pueraria tuberosa (ROXB. EX. WILLD.) DC.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Hedysarum tuberosum L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | badar, bidarikand, bilaikand, dhodhala, ghora-bel, ghorvela, godra, gor-bel, gudbel, salod, salorh, saral, sarul, siralu, sirola, slod, surai, sural, vidarikand, Kudzu कुद्झू, Vidarikand विदारीकन्द |
| Kannada | bhoochakra gedde, bhoosakkare gedde, bidrerakanda, dari, gumadi gida, gummadi balli, gummadi gida |
| Malayalam | mutukku, palmutukku |
| Marathi | badra, bharda, bhendar vaela, bhooyi kohlaa, birmolo, godha bael, pithana |
| Sanskrit | bhukushmandi, bhumikushmand, bhumikusmanda, gajavajipriya, gajeshta, gandhaphala, ikshugandha, iksugandha, kandapalasa, kandapalasah, kandapalash, kroshtri, kshirashukla, kshiravalli, kundapalasha, payasvini, shrigalika, shukla, sita, svadukanda, svadulata, triparna, vajivallabha, vidali, vidari, vidarika, vidarikanda, vidarikandah, vrikshavalli, vrishyakanda, vrishyavallika, vrishyavardhini, Vidarikand विदारीकन्द |
| Tamil | darigummadi, niala-gumodi, Vellai Karandai வெள்ளை கரண்டை, Vidarikand विदारीकंद |
| Telugu | daree, dari, darigummadi, dhaarigummadi, goomodee, goomoodee, gumidi, gummadi, gumodi, kubaayathige, kubayatige, vidhaarikanda |
| Tibetan | ksi ra bi da ri |
| Urdu | badarikand |
| Common names | Kudzu |
| Bengali | Ashwagandha ঘোড়া অশ্বগন্ধা |
| Common names | Indian kudzu, Nepalese kudzu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Root tuber
Leaves
Bulb
Ethnopharmacology use
Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC. Nela gummadi Fabaceae Root Rheumatism
Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC.
Habit -Climber
Parts used -Leaves, tuber, bulb, root
Application -Joint disease; insecticidal; wormicidal; rheumatism; fever; headache; heart pain; increases lactation; amenorrhegia; impotency
Treatment -General; women
References -Bhardwaj et al. 2011, Padal et al. 2010, Sayed et al. 2007, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Bhardwaj et al. 2011
Padal et al. 2010,
Sayed et al. 2007
Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Pueraria tuberosa. (2024, June 24). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueraria_tuberosa