Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Alstonia scholaris
Scientific Name and Description
Alstonia scholaris R.BR.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Echites scholaris L
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | dita bark |
| Hindi | chatian, chatiun, chattiyan, chhatan, chhatium, saitankajhad, saittan ka jat, satiun, satni, satwin |
| Kannada | aelele haale, bantale, doddapala, doddapale, elelebale, elelehale, elelepale, haale, haale mara, hale, jantala, jantale, janthaale mara, janthalla, janthalle, janthatthi, janthra haale, jantrahale, kaadu haale, kaadu saale, kadusaale, kadusale, kodaale, kodale, kodu haale, koduhale, koduhale madale, maddaale, maddale, madi haale, mudhol, mudihale, paale, palai, pale, palembu, saptaparni, yelelebaale mara |
| Malayalam | daivapala, daivappala, elilampala, elilapala, elilapalei, erilampala, ezhilampala, ezhilapala, kodapala, kotapala, mangalapala, mangalappala, mokkanpala, mukampala, mukkampala, mukkan-pala, pala, shaitanwood, yaksippala |
| Marathi | saptaparni, sapthaparni, sathuin, sathvin, sathwin, satuin, satveen, satvin, satwin |
| Sanskrit | ayugmachchhada, ayugmaparna, ayukachhada, bahuparna, brihattvaka, brihatvaka, chatraparna, dalegandhi, devavriksha, gandhiparna, grahanasha, grahanashamaparna, grahashi, guchhapushpa, jivani, kshatrya, madagandha, munichhada, na, palagaruda, payasya, sapta-parna, saptacchada, saptacchadah, saptachadah, saptachhada, saptahva, saptanga, saptaparna, saptaparnah, saptaparni, sarada, shalmalipatraka, sharada, sharadipushpa, shirarujam, shuktiparna, sringiritika, suparnaka, sutipatra, vidha, vinada, vinyaka, visalatvak, visaltvak, visamacchada, vishalatvaka, vishamachhada |
| Tamil | azhilaip-palai, captaparanam, captaparani, elalaipalai, elilai-p-palai, elilai-ppalai, elilaippalai, elilappalai, ezhilai palai, ezhilai-palai, ezhilaip-palai, maranallari, mukam-palei, mukkanbalai, palai, palegaruda, palegarudu, tirunamappalai, vadirasi |
| Telugu | daevasurippi, devasurippi, edaakulapaala, edaakulaponna, edakula-ariti, edakula-pala, edakula-ponna, edakulapala, edakulaponna, edakularati, elaaramu, elaramu, konda ganneru, paalagaruda, pala-garuda, palagaruda, yedakulapala |
| Tibetan | lo ma bdun |
| Urdu | kashim chatim |
| Common names | blackboard tree, scholar tree, milkwood devil's tree |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br
Habit- Tree
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - swellings; for abortion; Diarrhea; Jaundice and dysentery; Itching; Menstrual disorder; Post-pregnancy fever; Rheumatism; skin disease; snake bite; liver complaints
Treatment - Women; General
References -Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2005, Bhat et al. 2012, Khyade et al. 2014
References
Literature
Literature
Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2005
Bhat et al. 2012
Khyade et al. 2014
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
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 Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
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
Alstonia scholaris. (2024, June 16). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris