Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Sarcostemma acidum
Scientific Name and Description
Sarcostemma acidum (Roxb.) Voigt
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Sarcostemma acidium (ROXB.) VOIGT
Sarcostemma brevistigma WIGHT
Sarcostemma brevistigma WIGHT
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | soma, somalata, somlata, Somlata |
| Kannada | braahmi, brahmi, haalu kalli, hambu balli, hambu kalli, hambukalli, hambukkalli, haralu valla, jolugalli, kallihambu, konana balli, konana hambu, soma lathe, somaballi, somalata, somalate, somalatha, vasukaanthi, vasukaanti, vasukanti |
| Malayalam | somalata, somam, somavallari, somavalli, vayastha |
| Marathi | raanashera, ransher, ransheryel, somyel,Patharchur |
| Sanskrit | Soma, apatravallika, chandravallari, dhanurlata, dvijapriya, gulmavalli, indulekha, mahagulma, mahisavalli, padmakashtha, soma, somakshiri, somalata, somarha, somavalli, somavallika, soumya, yajnanga, yajnashreshtha, yajnavalli |
| Tamil | comam, cori, erali, eralikkoti, inavakkiram, kalippukkalli, kodikalli, kodikkalli, kompukkalli, kondapala, kotikkalli, kotivirutcam, kunmavalli, palini, palukkulcutankatti, parpati, parpatikkoti, somam, somamum, titcani, vatanacani , vatanacani, virocani, Nalla yerindi |
| Telugu | aaku jemudu, aku jemudu, dustappa tiga, dustappatiga, eripulinga, jigatshumoodoo, kaadujemmudu, kada jhemudu, kadujemudu, konda pala, kondapaala, kondapala, padmakaashtamu, padmakashtam, padmakashtamu, palmakasturi, pandri jemmudu, pollatige, pula kada, pulla jemmudu, pulla jemudu, pullajemudu, pullathige, pullatige, somalata, somalatha, somamu, teega jemudu, theegajamudu, theegajemmudu, tigatshomoodoo, tigejemudu,Jangli safed musli |
| English | Moon creeper |
| Rajasthan Region | Khirkhimp |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Bark
Ethnopharmacology use
- Whole plant extract is used internally to relieve rheumatic pains.
- Root paste is used in snake bite and taken as an infusion in dog-bite cases.
- Aqueous extract of the stem is gjven orally for bone setting and in rheumatic pains.
- Dried stem is emetic.
- The stem is some time used as substitute for Ephedra gerardiana as 'Soma' In Ayurveda.
Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003
Sarcostemma acidum (Roxb.) Voigt
Habit-Shrub
Parts used -Bark, root
Application - Galactogogue; snake bite; bone fracture; earache
Treatment - General
References -Rao et al. 2006, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Rao et al. 2006
Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH