Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Striga asiatica
Scientific Name and Description
Striga asiatica (L.) KUNTZE
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Striga asiatica (L.) KUNTZE
Striga lutea
Striga lutea
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | tobacco jasmine, witch weed |
| Kannada | bili kasa, jolada baeru maari |
| Malayalam | kalu-polapen |
| Marathi | laghukurandika |
| Sanskrit | agnivriksha, kshetrabhusha, kshetranashini, kurandika, kuranti |
| Tamil | cirakacitam, cirakacitappuntu, cullu, cutaparpini, kancikam, kancikapputu, kevalikapputu, kevarikam, kirumimulam, kollaippalli, kollankutakam, kollankutakappuntu, kutiyottippuntu, ninritamtincan, palli-ppuntu, pallipoondu, pallippundu, pallippuntu, pallipputu, payirerippaval, payirerittapavi, visantiyancan |
| Telugu | rathi badamika |
| Common names | Asiatic witchweed, the red witchweed, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Herb usable parts
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze Erect scabrid herb Fruit Urinary disorders General Rao et al. 2006
References
Literature
Literature
Rao et al. 2006
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4 Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
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
Striga asiatica. (2021, September 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striga_asiatica