Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Acacia caesia Khadira Incha Indu Singapore pattai
Scientific Name and Description
Acacia caesia (L.) Willd.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Acacia caesia (L.) WILLD.
Acacia intsia WILLD.
Acacia intsia WILLD.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | siris, safed siris |
| Hindi | Safed siris, Safed siris, aila, dhangar, dhanger, gul-mohwa, jangli-moha, jangli-mohva, janglimoha, janglimohva, mahua, mahula, mahwa, maul, mowa, refan, relan |
| Marathi | Safed siris, chilari, chilhar, chitar, gul-mohwa, maha, maho, mahwa, mhowra, moho, mohwa, mora, mowda, mowha, ranachaipechajhada, ranachamohachajhada |
| Tamil | Vel vella vellam, ampavakkoti, ampavam, cinkay, elluppainei, iluppai, indu, irantikai, kat illipi, kattiluppai, kattu illuppai, kattu-iluppai, kattu-iruppai, kattuirrupai, kattuiruppai, madugam, mantarcinkay, untupatakkoti, untupatarkkoti, vellaiyintu, vellintankoti, vellintu |
| Bengali | Safed siris |
| Telugu | Tellagorinta, adavippe-chettu, adaviyippa, eppi, ippa, ippachettu, konda korinda, konda korintha, kondakorinda, koralakorinda, korendam, korinda, korindamu, korinta, korintha, madhookamu, madhukamu, manjikorinda, peddayippa, yerra cheeki |
| Kannada | alippe, antarike, antitike, barasige, candemullu, chande mullu, chende mullu, chendemullu, doddippe, halippa, haltumbri, hunage, ippaya, ippe, ippe-mara, ippi, kaadu seege, kadippe, kadu-ippe-gida, kempu seege, pokka, sonedarakele, udlu |
| Malayalam | attu, attucini, attushini, enga, iluppa, inca, incha, inja, intsia, irippa, irippapu, katirippa, kattirippa, madhookam, pu, puvuna |
| Sanskrit | ara, atavi-madhukavriksha, atavimadhuka, atavimadhukavrikshaha, dolaphala, garudapu, gudapushpa, gudapuspah, lodhrapushpa, madhava, madhhuka, madhu, madhudrumah, madhuka, madhukah, madhukavrikshaha, madhushthila, madhusphuttila, madhusrava, madhusravah, madhustilah, madhuvara, madhuvriksha, madhvaga, madhvalam, mahadruma, nikunjika, patanga, priyala, rodhrapushpa, rodhrapuspah, vanaprastha, vanaprasthah |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Flowers
Ethnopharmacology use
Acacia caesia (L.) Willd
Habit - Climber
Parts used - Bark, flower
Application - Wounds healing; skin disease; menstrual problems;
Treatment - General; women
References - Ramya 2008, Rao et al. 200
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Ramya 2008
Rao et al. 2006
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
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
Citations
Herb citations
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112