Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Sphenoclea zeylanica
Scientific Name and Description
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Reichelia palustris Blanco
Schrebera pongati DC.
Pongatium indicum Lam.
Pongatium spongiosum Blanco
Pongatium zeylanicum Kuntze
Rapinia herbacea Lour.
Sphenoclea pongatium A.DC.
Schrebera pongati DC.
Pongatium indicum Lam.
Pongatium spongiosum Blanco
Pongatium zeylanicum Kuntze
Rapinia herbacea Lour.
Sphenoclea pongatium A.DC.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | gooseweed, marshy silk cotton |
| Kannada | aedi kannu |
| Malayalam | pongati |
| Tamil | cakulati, calapippili, calatippili, calipippili, calitippali, calitippili, callippilaiyam, carata, cavappippili, cirakenta, ciyatanimaci, jalapippili, kaccatam, nandu kannu, nirppippili, nirttippali |
| Common names | chickenspike, gooseweed,wedgewort, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Siddha
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. Herb Leaves Vegetable General Dansi et al. 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Dansi et al. 2008
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
FLORA OF RAJASTHAN Author - KUNDAN K SHARMA & SHIVA SHARMA
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Sphenoclea zeylanica. (2024, February 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoclea_zeylanica