Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Argemone mexicana
Scientific Name and Description
Argemone mexicana L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | कटेली Kateli,bharband, bharbhand, bhatbhamt, biladhutura brahmadundi, brahmi, farangi-dhutura, farangidhatura, farangidhutura, firanghee-dhatura, kandailu, kandiari, kateli, kutila, pharamgi dhattura, pila-dhatura, pila-dhutura, pili-kateli, satayanasi, satiyanashi, satyanashi, satyanasi, shial kanta, shialkanta, shiyal-kanta, ujar-kanta |
| Telugu | ఎరుకజొన్న Erukajonna, balu rakkisa, brahma dhandu, brahmadandi, brahmadhandu, brahmdandichettu, bramha-dandi-chettu, datturi, ittoori, kusumapala, pichy kusama chettu, yerrikusuma |
| Tamil | கள்ளப்பூண்டு Kalluppundu, avaramuki, birama-dandu, biramadandu, brahmathadu, brahmathandi, brahmmadandu, bramadand, bramadandu, brumadundoo, brumarakash, catilinkattaikkuruvakki, cetikkurukku, cirikalakantam, cittacacceti, cittacam, elakacceti, elakam, eliyotti, eliyottippuntu, iracakuruva, kani, karuncattirakacceti, karuncattirakam, kudiyattup-pundu, kudiyotti, kudiyotti poondu, kurukkam, kurukkam ceti, kurukkam-chedi, kurukkamceti, kurukku, kurukkucceti, kurukkum, kurukkum-chedi, kurukkumuthu, kurukkutti, kutikkuccani, kutiyotippuntu, kutiyotti, kutiyottip puntu, kutiyottippuntu, mutkacikam, piramadanti, piramarakkacam, piramatantam, piramatanti, piramatanti , piramatantu, piramathandu, piramattantu, pirammarakaci, pirammatanti, pirattiyam, ponnummattai, putpi, tittaca, totara, venkurukkucceti, virincanan, virincananceti |
| Kannada | முಳ್ಳುಗದ್ದಿ Mullugadde,arasina ummathi, arasina-ummatta, arisina datthoora, arisina kammata gida, arisina ummatthi, arsha unmatta, balarakkasa, balurakkisa, chikkanike, datthoori, datthoori gida, datturi, datturi-gida, datturigidda, dhadhuri, dhatturada gida, golagolike, haladigolavalike, huttchu brahmadandi, mullu datthoori, mullu ummatthi, mulludaturi, parangidatturi |
| Common names | Mexican poppy, prickly poppy, prickly yellowthorn, Mexican poppy, Mexican prickly poppy, flowering thistle, cardo, cardosanto |
| Trivial Name | Baraham Dandi |
| English | mexican poppy, mexican prickly poppy, prickly poppy, thorn poppy, yellow prickly poppy, yellow thistle |
| Malayalam | brahmadanti, kantankattiri, ponnummattu, ponnummattum |
| Marathi | daruri, firangi-dhotra, firangidhotra, kanta-dhotra, kantedhotra, kontedhotra, pinvaladhotra, pivala-dhatura, savo-marmad |
| Sanskrit | brahma-dundi, brahmadandi, brahmandanti, bramhi, brumadandie, canaksiri, darudi, haimavathi, hemadugdha, hemashikha, hemavati, hemavha, kancani, kanchanakehiri, kanchani, karhini, katuparni, kshirini, ksiraparni, patuparni, pitadugdha, pitapushpa, rukmini, sarvaksiri, satyanasi, srigalakanta, srigalakantaka, suvarna, suvarnaksiri, svarnadagdha, svarnadugdha, svarnakshiri, svarnaksiri, svarnavha, swarnakshiri, yavachincha |
| Urdu | baramdandi |
| Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh | Pilikateri |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Phytoconstituents
Braham Dandi (A. Mexicana) The alkaloids Berberine and Protopine are the chief chemicals of biological action. There is also an essential oil called Agremone oil.
Source: Ancient Science of Life, Vol No. XI No.3 & 4, January – April 1992, Pages 187 - 192
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Leaves
Fruits
Seeds
Oil
Ethnopharmacology use
- Plant juice is used in eye infection, cataract problem, to increase eyesight and to relieve rheumatic pain, cutaneous affections and jaundice.
- Roots are useful in chronic skin diseases.
- The leaves are rubbed on the skin to cure scabies.
- Seeds laxative, expectorant, demulcent and cure cold, cough, asthama and other respiratory problems.
- Seed oil is used externally for skin diseases.
- Seed paste applied for tooth decay and pyorrhea.
Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003
The extract is used in various skin diseases, leaves juice is applied to cuts and wounds.
Source: Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies 2023; 11(6): 110-113
Argemone mexicana Papaveraceae plant extract Pilikateri The extract is used in various skin diseases, leaves juice is applied to cuts
Argemone mexicana L. Ghamoya Papaveraceae Boils & burns, diuretic, expectorant
Argemone mexicana L. Pichi kusuma Papaveraceae Leaf Itching, sexually transmitted diseases
Argemone mexicana Linn. Pili Kateri Papaveraceae Herb Leaf Berbine, Protopine, Alkaloid
Argemone mexicana L. Forb/herb Seed, root Malaria; oral health care General Hebbar et al. 2004
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Hebbar et al. 2004
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
lora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
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
Herb citations
Argemone mexicana. (2024, May 10). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argemone_mexicana