Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Sarcostemma intermedium
Scientific Name and Description
Sarcostemma intermedium DECNE
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | soma |
| Kannada | konada balli, konadaballi, konana thale, soma |
| Malayalam | jivanti, jivati |
| Tamil | cinkavirutcam, inavakkirakkoti, inavakkiram,intuvalli, ipekanatamuli, iyattainacamakki, kodikalli, koluntutaimatu, kurumuniyalaki, makavirutcam, nilaki, nilakikkoti, tanuvanamuli, urkkalli, venturutacai |
| Telugu | pullathige, somalata, somalatha, thige jemmudu, tigejemudu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Siddha
Herb usable parts
Stem
Latex
Ethnopharmacology use
Sarcostemma intermedium Decne.
Habit-Climber
Parts used -Stem, latex
Application -Body swelling; snakebite
Treatment -General
References -Kosalge and Fursule 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Kosalge and Fursule 2009
DICTIONARY OF TREES AND PLANTS VOL-1 Author - MUNIVER P. MADHAVAN AND MUNIVER H.CHITHIRAPUTHIRAN
MEDICINAL PLANTS OF INDIA ( VOL 1- KARNATAKA) Author - YOGANARASIMHAN
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)