Plant Synonyms
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | chirpat, chuppa, salpalnu, salpan, salpani, salun, salvan, salwan, sarivan, Shalparni |
| Kannada | doddeta, kolaku naaru, kolakunaaru, kulakunaaru, moorelehonne, murele honne, murelehonne, muruluboane, saleparni, shalaparni |
| Malayalam | orila, pullati |
| Marathi | darh, ranbhal, saalparni, salparni, salvan, salwan, Shalaparni |
| Sanskrit | amsumati, anshumati, ansumati, astamati, atiguha, daye, devi, dhruva, dirghamoola, dirghamula, dirghanghni, dirghapatra, dirghapavrihiparnika, ekamula, guha, kitavinashini, kumuda, nishchala, parni, patini, pivari, prsniparni, prthakparni, salaparni, saliparni, saliparnini, sarvanukarini, saumya, shalani, shalaparni, shalidala, shaliparni, shaliparnini, shalipatri, shophaghni, shothaghni, shubhapatrika, sthira, subhagam, sudala, sudha, suparni, suparnika, supatri, surupa, tanvi, trika, triparni, vasumanti, vataghni, vidari, vidarigandha,Shalparni |
| Tamil | cirupullati, civamatu, moovilai, orila, pulladi, pullati, sirupulladi,Pulladi |
| Telugu | getanaramu, gitanaram, githanaram, kaul munna, kola panna, kolakuponna, kolakuporna, nalla-nelapanki, nallanelapariki, nallanelapriki, peddaantintha, peddanthrinta, peddantrinta |
| Tibetan | sa la pa rn (d), sa la pa rni (d), sa la par ni, sa la phar ni (p) |
| Urdu | shalwan, spal parni |
| Ayurveda | Shalparni |
| Gujarati | Salavan |
Salparni (D. Gangeticum) The chief biologically active compounds are the alkaloids – Hypaphorine, Hordenine, Candicine, and Typtamine. Other chemicals are Gangetin, Desmodin and Gangetinin.
Source: Ancient Science of Life, Vol No. XI No.3 & 4, January – April 1992, Pages 187 - 192
Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Anti-amnesic; immunomodulator; anti-diabetic; antioxidant; cardioprotective; hepatoprotective; anti-inflammatory; premature ejaculation; ulcer; eczema; gynecological disorders; to cure piles; boils; blisters; scabies; ringworm; toothache; headache; sedative; antipyretic; antinociceptive; asthma; antidote of snake venom; health tonic; typhoid; causes sterility in women; rheumatism; diarrhoea; dysentery; piles
Treatment - General; men; women
References - Bhattacharjee et al. 2013, Chopda and Mahajan 2009, Kosalge and Fursule 2009, Reddy et al. 2008, Singh et al. 2015