Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Smilax ovalifolia
Scientific Name and Description
Smilax ovalifolia Roxb. ex D. Don
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Smilax macrophylla ROXB.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | guti, jangli-aushbah, jangliushbah, ram dana |
| Malayalam | kal-tamara, kaltamara, karivilanti, kuri-vilandi |
| Marathi | gutvel |
| Sanskrit | copacini, maitri |
| Tamil | malai-tamarai, malait-tamarai, malaitamara |
| Telugu | kistapa-tamara, kistapatamara, konda-dantena, konda-guruva-tige, konda-tamara, kondadantena, kondagarbhatige, kondaguravatige, kummarabaddu, kundagurvatiga, kushtaputamara, sitapa, sitapa-chettu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Smilax ovalifolia Roxb. ex D. Don Climber Whole plant Jaundice; skin problems; toothache; urinary complain; muscular sprain; stomach pain; rheumatic arthritis; venereal diseases; infertility; as sexual stimulant; in abnormal semen discharge; uterine diseases; sores; dysentery; malaria; tuberculosis; leucorrhoea; wound healing; to increase appetite; gastric disorders; antibiotic; antifungal; antiseptic; blood purifier; skin diseases; obestetric diseases; scar General; women; men Jain 2004, Shah 2015, Srithi et al. 2009
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Jain 2004
Shah 2015
Srithi et al. 2009
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112