Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Swertia chirata
Scientific Name and Description
Swertia chirata Buch. -Ham. ex Wall
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Gentiana chirayta ROXB.
Ophelia chiraita GRISEB.
Swertia chirata (ROXB. EX. FLEM.) KAR.
Ophelia chiraita GRISEB.
Swertia chirata (ROXB. EX. FLEM.) KAR.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | charaita, charayatah, chiraitu, chirata, chirayata, cirayata, kiryat-charayatah, nepalinim |
| Kannada | chiraayitha, kiraatha kaddi, nela baevu, nelabevu |
| Malayalam | kiriyatta, kiriyattu, nilaveppa, uttarakiriyattu |
| Marathi | charayatah, chiraayitha, chirayita, kaade kiraaith, kiraaith |
| Sanskrit | anaryatikta, ardhatikta, bhunimba, bhunimbaha, bhutika, chiratika, chiratikta, chirayita, haima, jvarantaka, jwaranthakah, kairaka, kandatikta, kanditiktaka, kiranta, kirata, kirata-tikta, kirataka, kirataticta, kiratatikta, kiratatiktah, kiratatiktaka, naditikta, naipala, nepalanimba, nepalanimbah, nidrari, ramasenaka, ramsena, sannipatha, sutiktaka, ta, tikta, trinanimba, viktaka |
| Tamil | anariyatittam, cirat kucci, cirattakucci, kantakam, kantam, kariyattu, kirakati, kiratam, kiriyattu, kiriyattu, kokanam, nattu nilavempu, nila-vembu, nilavembu, nilavempu, shayraet coochie, shirattakuchi, verkkiriyattu |
| Telugu | nelavaema, nelavemu, nila-vemu, nilavembu, nilaveru |
| Tibetan | ta go ta, ti-kta, tig ta, tig ta (p) |
| Urdu | chiraita, chiraita shirin, chiraita talkh, chirata talkh |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Swertia chirata Buch. -Ham. ex Wall. Tree Leaves, stem Fever General Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
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