Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Saussurea costus
Scientific Name and Description
Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Saussurea lappa C.B.CL.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | costus root, kuth |
| Hindi | koostha, koot, kootha, kot, kur, kust, kut, kuth, pachak, pokharmul |
| Kannada | kankushta, koshta, koshtha, kosta, kostha, kosuta |
| Malayalam | kottam, seppudday, sepuddy, simakkottam |
| Marathi | koshta, kot, kushthh, ouplet |
| Sanskrit | agada, amaya, apya, bhasura, dushta, gada, gadakhya, gadavha, gadavhaya, haribhadraka, ja, jarana, kadakhya, kakala, kashmirja, kashtam, kasmira, kaubera, kinjalka, kushta, kushtam, kushtha, kustha, kusthah, kustham, kuthika, kutsita, niruja, padmaka, pakala, pakalam, palaka, paribhadraka, paribhavya, pauskara, pavana, puskara, puskaramula, rama, roga, rogavhaya, ruja, ruk, ruka, utpala, utpalam, vaniraja, vapya, vyadhi, vyapya |
| Tamil | chagal koshtam, goshtam, gostan, gostham, jathikoshtam, katakuvayam, koshtam, kostam, kostam 2, kostum, kottam, kura, kutavapiritam, oli, putchuk |
| Telugu | cengala, changala, chengulva, kostamu, kostu, kushtamu, kustam |
| Tibetan | ru rta, ru-rta |
| Urdu | karwa koth, quest shirin, qust, qust shirin, qust talkh, qust-i-talkh, qust-shirin |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Ethnopharmacology use
Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch
Habit - Shrub
Parts used - Root
Application - Cough; asthma; throat problems; influenza
Treatment - General
References - Kayani et al. 2014
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Kayani et al. 2014
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 12 Author - ED. B.D. SHARMA & M.SANJAPPA , N.P. BALAKRISHNAN
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
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