Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Monoon longifolium
Scientific Name and Description
Monoon longifolium Sonn. B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites
Polyalthia longifolia BENTH. & HOOK. F.
Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula Benthall
Guatteria longifolia (Sonn.) Wall.
Unona longifolia (Sonn.) Dunal
Uvaria altissima Pennant nom. illeg.
Uvaria longifolia Sonn.
Polyalthia longifolia BENTH. & HOOK. F.
Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula Benthall
Guatteria longifolia (Sonn.) Wall.
Unona longifolia (Sonn.) Dunal
Uvaria altissima Pennant nom. illeg.
Uvaria longifolia Sonn.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | indian willow |
| Hindi | asapala, ashok, asok, asoka, debdari, deodar, devadar, devadaru, devdaru, devidari, Ashok अशोक |
| Kannada | ashoka, asoka, assoti, ghangu, hebbe, kambada mara, kanthri kadama, kumbada mara, naadu ashoka, pandil, pungu, putharajeevi, putrajivi, puttrajivi, ubbina mara |
| Malayalam | arana, aranamaram, aranei, aruna, arunna, ashokam, ashvattam, asokam, assotham, asvattham, choranai, chorani, choruna, chorunna, corani, hemapushpam, kolerengi, nedunar, vanculam, vanjolam |
| Marathi | ashok, asok, dedbari, Ashoka अशोक |
| Sanskrit | asoka, asopalava, devadaru, kastadaruh, kasthadaru, putrajiva, ulkatah |
| Tamil | acokam , acoku , acuvattai, asogam, asogu, asoka, asokam, assothi, atimalakamaram, cacupam, celai, celeci,celecimaram, celokatam, celokatamaram, centu, centukam, centukamaram, cilai, kacupam, kakaccam, kalgoli, kalkoli, kasubam, kelikam ,kiri,kirimaram, kolikkudi, kolikkuti, kommati, kommatimaram, nakacam, nattivetam, neettilingam, netlingi, nettilingam, nettilingu, nettilinkam, nettilinki, nettulingam, nettulinkam, nittilinkam, paymaravirutcam, pundi, ravadam, saribam, selai, sendu, suvattai, tevataru, vanamutti, vanamuttimaram, vanculam, vanmutti, vanmuttimaram, yukampatikam, yukampatikamaram, yukmapattirikai |
| Telugu | ashoka, ashokamu, asodham, asoka, asokam, asokamu, asvattamu, asvatthamu, daevadaaru, devadaru, nara mamidi, naramaamidi, nettlingum |
| Bengali | Ashok অশোক |
| Common name | Ashoka tree, False Ashoka, Common names include false ashoka, the Buddha tree, Indian mast tree, and Indian fir tree. Its names in other languages include Ashoka in Sanskrit, Unboi (উনবৈ) or Debadaru (দেৱদাৰু)[citation needed] in Assamese, Debdaru in Bengali and Hindi ଦେବଦାରୁ Debadaru in odia[citation needed] Asopalav (આસોપાલવ) (Gujarati), Glodogan tiang (Indonesian), Ashok in Marathi and Nettilinkam நெட்டிலிங்கம் in Tamil, and araNamaram: അരണമരം (Malayalam). ಕಂಬದ ಮರ Kambada mara in Kannada |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Leaves
Flowers
Ethnopharmacology use
Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites
Habit- Tree
Parts used - Flower, leaves, bar
Application - Loose motion; menorrhagia; antibacteria
Treatment - General; women
References - Bosco and Arumugam 2012
Source: Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants used by ethnic communities of South India Santhosh Kumar JU, Krishna Chaitanya MJ, Andrew J Semotiuk and Krishna V
Polyalthia longifolia Annonaceae Leaves Asok Leaves paste is applied on skin for curing skin infection.
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
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