Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Sapindus emarginatus
Scientific Name and Description
Sapindus emarginatus Vahl
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | reetha, ritha, ritha or rithah, rithah |
| Kannada | andala, antaala, aralakai, aratala, kookatakayi, kudale-kaye, kukate-kayi, noorekayi, nore kaayoi, puchakotte, thogate mara, urvanjik-kaya |
| Malayalam | chavakayimaram, punnan-kotta, uruangi, urvanjik-kaya |
| Marathi | aritha, rimgi, rimthi |
| Sanskrit | arishta, arishtaphalam, aristam, phenila |
| Tamil | bunthikottai, kottan, manay poongung kai, manipungan maram, manipunkam, naikottai, nalkottai, ponnan-kittai, ponnankottai, poochi-kai, poongan-kottay, poongankottai, poovandie cottay, poovandikottai, pounanga, pucha, pungan-kottaei, punnangkottai, puvamkottai, puvandi |
| Telugu | kookudu chettu, kukudu, kukudu-kayalu, kungititkaya, kunkudu, kunkudu chettu, kunkudu-chettu, kunkudu-kayalu, rittachettu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Flowers
Fruits
Seeds
Nut
Ethnopharmacology use
Sapindus emarginatus Vahl Tree Endosperm, bark, nut, seed, fruit, flower Tooth problems; centipede bite; surfactants; reduces hair loss; intestinal worms; detergent; snakebite General Pradheeps and Poyyamoli 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Pradheeps and Poyyamoli 2013
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112