Thunbergia fragrans | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Thunbergia fragrans

Scientific Name and Description

Thunbergia fragrans ROXB.

Herb Family

Plant type

Climber

Plant Synonyms

Meyenia longiflora Benth. ex Hohen.
Thunbergia bodinieri H.Lév.
Thunbergia cordata Colla
Thunbergia hainanensis C.Y.Wu & H.S.Lo
Thunbergia java Hoffmanns.
Thunbergia linearifolia Bremek.
Thunbergia loheri Bremek.
Thunbergia longiflora F.Muell.
Thunbergia mindanaensis Bremek.
Thunbergia roxburghia Nees
Thunbergia scandens Pers. ex Nees
Thunbergia subsagittata Blanco
Thunbergia volubilis Pers.
Roxburghia rostrata Russell ex Nees

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Kannada	benne balli, hegala balli, indrapushapa, indrapushpa balli
Malayalam	noorvan valli
Tamil	intiraputpi
Telugu	indrathige, indratige, jimandaarathige, palatheega
Common name	whitelady

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Medicinal Systems

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Thunbergia fragrans Roxb

Habit- Climber

Parts used - Root, leaves

Application - Snakebite; rheumatism; cough

Treatment - General

References - Rajan et al. 1997, Sarvalingam et al. 2011

Herbs Medical Indications

References

Literature

Rajan et al. 1997

Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra

The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna

Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu

Sarvalingam et al. 2011

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)

Citations

Thunbergia fragrans. (2024, June 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunbergia_fragrans