Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Rhododendron arboreum
Scientific Name and Description
Rhododendron arboreum SM.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | baras, brah, bras, brass, buranh, burans, buras, buras/brass, cheo, cheu, parag |
| Kannada | bili, bili mara, bilipu, billee, billi, billy, poo, pu |
| Malayalam | kattupoovarasu, kattupuvaracu, kattupuvarasu |
| Sanskrit | pullasa |
| Tamil | alingi, alingil, billi, billimaram, malai-p-puvaracu, nilakiripumaram, pumaram |
| Tibetan | ka ra ba ka (p & d), ke ra ba ka |
| Common Name | tree rhododendron |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Bark
Flowers
Ethnopharmacology use
Rhododendron arboreum Sm
Habit -Shrub
Parts used -Flower, bark
Application -Dysentery; diarrhoea; throat clearance when fish bones get stuck in the gullet; disgestive and respiratory disorders
Treatment -General
References -Kumar et al. 2011, Ruba and Mohan 2016
References
Literature
Literature
Kumar et al. 2011,
Ruba and Mohan 2016
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
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)
Citations
Herb citations
Rhododendron arboreum. (2023, August 9). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_arboreum