Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Schleichera oleosa
Scientific Name and Description
Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Schleichera trijuga WILLD.
Schlerichera trijuga WILLD.
Schlerichera trijuga WILLD.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Kusum, kausum, kosumb, kusum |
| Marathi | Kusum |
| Tamil | Ponga |
| Telugu | Seeme |
| Kannada | Honne, akota, cakate, candala, chagadai, chagade, chagate, chagati, chakata, chakate, chakota, chendaala, chendala, hakuta, hulimaaya, hulimaya, hulimiro, hulunaai, jagadi, jendalacekota, kaakuta, kakuta, kendaale, kendala, paparti, sagade, sagadi, sagdi, shargadi, shargadle, thagada |
| English | ceylon oak, kosumba, kussum oil, macassar oil |
| Malayalam | cana, chana, cottilai, nidhavanji, nityavanci, pooatti, pooum, poovam, poovanam, poovatti, poovum, punam, puvam, puvatti, shothali |
| Sanskrit | ghanaskanda, kosamra, ksudramra, laksavrksa, laksavrksah, mukulakah, raktamrah |
| Tamil | arakku, calakkam, cottilai, kancivaticcan, kolama, konci , kumpatiri, kutiraimacali, mirukakkottai, nittiyavanci, pu, pulacci, puliccai , pumaram, pumarata, puvam, puvatti, puvatti , puvattipuvam |
| Telugu | bacha, boosi, botanga, busi, cagadeposuku, kodalipulusu, maavithavitiki, maayirothanga, madakapulusu, madakapusu, mavidavitiki, mavitavitiki, may, mayiratanga, mayirotanga, paarparthi, paparti, posuku, pularari, pulasari, pulisari, pullakaaya, pullakaya, pulsaram, pulsaramrajoti, pulsarani, pulusuramarajati, puska, pusku, pusuku putiki, roatanga, roatangha, saagadeposuku, sagadepusku, sagadipusuku |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Root tuber
Bark
Fruits
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Schleichera oleosa (Lo ur.) Merr. Kusum Sapindaceae Tree Seed oil alkaloids, glycosides, carbohydrates, α - amino acids, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids, saponins, tannins, starch
Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr. Medium sized tree Fruit, bark, tuber, seed Asthma; purifies blood; chest pain; joint pain; skin diseases; snakebite; edible General Jain 2004, Dey et al. 2012,
References
Literature
Literature
Jain 2004
Dey et al. 2012
Wagh and Jain 2015
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
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
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
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)