Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Murraya koenigii
Scientific Name and Description
Murraya koenigii (L.) SPR.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Bergera koenigii L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | curry leaf |
| Hindi | bursunga, gadhelu, gadhelu/gandla, gandela, gandhela, gandhla, gandla, gani, ganuhilu, harri, karaypak, kathnim, katnim, kudia-nim, mitha-nim, mithanim |
| Kannada | besoppu, gandha baevu, gandha bevu, gandhabevu, kakibevu, karabeaevu, karbaevu, karepak, kari-bevinagida, karibaevina mara, karibaevu, karibevana, karibevu, karivebu, oggarane yele mara |
| Malayalam | kareapela, karepak, kari-bepau, karibepou, karivaepu, kariveppu, karivepu, kariyapala, karrayapela, karu-veppa, karuvepilai, karuveppu, maricangam, mirsingam |
| Marathi | gandha, gandla, godanimb, jhirang, jirani, kadhee-nimba, kadhi-nim, kadhianimba, kadi-nimb, kadiben, karepacha, karhinimb, karipat, kudianim, puspala |
| Sanskrit | alakavhaya, chhardighna, girinimba, kadarya, kaidarya, kaidaryah, kaitarya, kalasaka, kalasakah, krishnanimba, krishnapatabhinimba, kristnanimba, kristnanimbao, mahanimba, maharishta, nimba-patram, nimba-vrkshaha, nimbapatra, priyasala, ra, raman, shuklasara, surabhi, surabhi-nimbu, varatikta |
| Tamil | enneykkarai , karaway pillay, kari-vembu, karivembu, karivempu, kariveppilai, kariveppilaimaram, kariyanimpam, kariyapilai, kariyapilai, kariyapilai, karu-vembu, karu-veppilai, karupalai, karuppilai , karuvembu, karuvempu, karuveppilai, karuveppu, kattuveppilai, kattuveppilai , nattukkariveppilai, uluvavikacceti, uluvavikam |
| Telugu | kaliama, karempaku, karepak, karepaku, karepeku, karevepa, kari-vepa-chettu, karimpaku, karivaepamu, karivapaku, karivempu, karivemu, karivepa, karivepaku, karivepamu, karrivaympakoo, karsepak, karuvepaku |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. Medium sized tree Whole plant Dysentery; vomiting; febrifuge; tonic; skin diseases; antidiabetic; inflammations; jaundice; stomach pain; General; women Ayyanar 2013, Kadhirvel et al. 2010, Ratna Manjula et al. 2011
References
Literature
Literature
Ayyanar 2013
Kadhirvel et al. 2010,
Ratna Manjula et al. 2011
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
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
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
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
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
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)