Trichosanthes tricuspidata Visala Indrayan Mahakal

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Trichosanthes tricuspidata

Scientific Name and Description

Trichosanthes tricuspidata LOUR.

Herb Family

Cucurbitaceae

Plant type

Climber

Plant Synonyms

Anguina angulata Kuntze
Anguina tricuspidata Kuntze
Involucraria cucumerina M.Roem.
Involucraria modecca M.Roem.
Involucraria palmata M.Roem.
Involucraria wightiana M.Roem.
Trichosanthes angulata Lam.
Trichosanthes kakidonta Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Trichosanthes tricuspidata var. strigosa Sunit Mitra & S.Bandyop.
Trichosanthes tricuspis Miq.
Involucraria cucumerina M.Roem. (unresolved)
Involucraria modecca M.Roem. (unresolved)
Involucraria wightiana M.Roem. (unresolved)
Modecca bracteata Lam.
Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt
Trichosanthes puber Blume

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	ankh phootaniyo veldi, ankh-phootaniyo-veldi, ilaru, indrayan, lal indrayan, lal-indravan, lal-indrayan, lalindrayan, mahakal, makal
Kannada	avagoode kaayi, avagude, avagude-hannu, avagudehannu, haavumekke, hiri haavumekke, kaage mandala, kaage mari gida, kaage thonde balli, kaagemari balli, kaakimandali, kakemandali, kavade balli, kavandalu
Malayalam	kakatonti, kakkattonti, kattuvellari
Marathi	kaundal, kavandala, kkaundala, koundal, mukal
Sanskrit	dhvamksanasa, dindisa, indravaruni, kakanasa, mahakal, mahakala, patola, tindisah, visala
Tamil	aconam, aconti, ankorattai, attumaratcai, calliyam, cavari, cavarikkoti, cavarilottiram, cavuri, cavurikkoti, cavurippalam, cavurippazam, cinnavi, cinnavicceti, cirukurattai, coruttei, ghowree, kakkalai, kakkalaikkoti, kararkurattai, korattai, korattaikkoti, kurattai, makakalam, metakacakkoti, metakam, miriyarkuntal , narayananpputu, nentarappul, netiya, netiyakkoti, panankorai, pepoodel, peypputal, pinacakkurattai, sauvarai, savari, shavari-pazham, shavaripalam, shavaripazlam, tarunacepikakkoti, tarunacepikam, vakacati, vikacati
Telugu	aabuda, aabuvva, abuba, abuva, aguba, avaduta, avaguda, avagudapandu, avuduta, avvadootha, avvagooda, avvagoodapandu, avvaguda, donda, kaaidonda, kakidonda

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Roots

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour

Habit -Climber

Parts used -Whole plant

Application -Earache; gonorrhea; snakebite

Treatment -General

References -Dey and De 2012, Padal et al. 2010

Herbs Medical Indications

Earache

Gonorrhea

Snakebite

References

Literature

Dey and De 2012,

Padal et al. 2010

Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.

Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh

Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah

A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh

FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW

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

A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston

Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna

Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu

The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB

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)

Citations

Trichosanthes tricuspidata. (2023, August 27). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosanthes_tricuspidata

WFO (2024): Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001225376. Accessed on: 23 Jun 2024