Rhinacanthus nasuta

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Rhinacanthus nasuta
Scientific Name and Description
Rhinacanthus nasuta (L.) KURZ.
Herb Family

Plant Synonyms

Plant Synonyms
Justicia nasuta L.
Rhinacanthus communis NEES

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi joi-pani, juipani, juyipani, palak-johi, palak-juhi, palakjuhi, palikjuhia
Kannada dodda patika, dodda pettika gida, doddapatike, naaga mallige, naga-mallige, nagamallige, nagamulli, negamuli
Malayalam nagamallich-cheta, nagamulla, peelcolue, pul-colli, pulcolli, pulukkolli, purukolli, pushpa-kedal, pushpakedal, pushpaketal, puzhuk-kolli, puzhukkolli
Marathi dadmari, gajakarni, kaboothar-ka-baand
Sanskrit juthikapurni, yuthikaparni, yuthikapurni, yuthiparni
Tamil anicanacam, aniccai#, aniccai anicci, anichai, ara, atimotam, caliparani, caranacakam#, caranacikam, caranacikamaram, carpikamikam, carpikamikamaram, catturunuvam, culli1, curana, curanam, curanamanankam, curonitam, kakanacattuvam, kaligai, kalikai#, kalikai, kalikaicceti, kayattenukacceti, kayattenukam, kuruntai, kutacakari, malli , naagamalli, naga malli, naga-mali, naga-malli, nagamalli, nagamalli nagamalligai, nagamalligai, nakamalli, nakamullai, nakamutti, nakapala, nakapalai, naravam, naravika, niyacati, palaccavam, palvati, piramatalayacceti, piramatalayam, pulukkolli tevam, tevamaram, tevappiranki, ukavalli, ukavallicceti, uragamalli, urakakanni, urakam, urakamalli#, urakamalli, urakannicceti, vainakamalli, visamallika, visamallikacceti, vitamallikai
Telugu naaga mulli, naagamalle, naegamooli, nagamalle, nagamalli, nagamallige, nagamulli, nargamollay, nargamolle, negamuli
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
References

Literature

Literature
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH