Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Crotalaria retusa
Scientific Name and Description
Crotalaria retusa L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Crotalaria cuneifolia (Forssk.) "Schrank"
Crotalaria cuneifolia Raf.
Crotalaria hostmannii Steud.
Crotalaria retusifolia Stokes
Dolichos cuneifolius Forssk.
Lupinus cochinchinensis Lour.
Crotalaria cuneifolia Raf.
Crotalaria hostmannii Steud.
Crotalaria retusifolia Stokes
Dolichos cuneifolius Forssk.
Lupinus cochinchinensis Lour.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | ghunghunian, khunkhuniyan |
| Kannada | dingala, gejje gida |
| Malayalam | cana, kadukurakai, kattukirukirakkayi, kilukiluppa, kutiri, matrghatini, tandale-cotti, tandalecotti, tantalakkotti |
| Marathi | dingla, ghaghri, ghagri |
| Sanskrit | mahasanah, sanaghantika, sanapuspi, shanarghandika |
| Tamil | kilukiluppai, potu-gally-gista |
| Telugu | potti-gilligicha, pottigiligicca, pottigiligichcha, pottigiligittsa, pottigilligichcha, pottigilligichha, pottu galli geetsa, potugalligeetsa |
| Common names | devil-bean,rattleweed,shack shack, wedge-leaf rattlepod. |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Crotalaria retusa L.
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Cough; fever; eczema; dyspepsia; swelling of the testicle
Treatment - General
References - Dhivya and Kalaichelvi 2015
References
Literature
Literature
Dhivya and Kalaichelvi 2015
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
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
Crotalaria retusa. (2021, December 15). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalaria_retusa