Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Wrightia tinctoria
Scientific Name and Description
Wrightia tinctoria R.BR.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | bhakar aak, dudhi, gode indrajava, indarjou, kalainderjau, karu, keerni, khanni, kheer, kherni, khirni, kod, kor, mitaindrajau, mitha indarjou, mitha indrajava, mithaindarjou, summa,Neel Kadamba |
| Kannada | alamara, aligili, bepalli, beppaale, beppala mara, beppalam, beppale, dudiro, haale, halagali, hale, hallu novu maddu, hallunove mara, hallunoveu, hallunovu, halugale, halugali, kaadu neeli, kadnili, kaduneeli, kadunili, kaykoli beppaale, kirekodsa, kiri kodasige, kirikodasige, kirrikodasige, kodamurki, kodasige, kodmurki, kodsige, kodumurka, koduraka, kuda, naikuli, paale mara, vepala, vepale, veppale,Chempe |
| Malayalam | ayyapala, ayyappala, dantappala, dhantappala, eeccha, eecha, icca, ichchha, irampala, irumbalai, irumpala, kambippala, kotakappala, kotakappala-vitta, kutakappala, nilapala, pala, thondapala, thondapalai, tinnampala, tondapale, tontapala |
| Marathi | godaindrajav, gode indrajava, godeindrojav, indrajou, kaalakuda, kaalakura, kaalikudayi, kala-kuda, kala-kura, kalakuda, kalakudi, kalakura, kalo-kudo, mitha indrajava,Indigo plant |
| Sanskrit | asita-kutanja, hayamaraka, hyamaraka, kutaja, kutajah, madhuindrayava, shweta kutaja, strikutaja, svetakutaja, svetakutajah,Indrayan |
| Tamil | erukkalam ver, irum palai, irumbalai, irumpaalai, kumbambalai, nila palai, nilambalai, nilapalai, palai, palainilam, thantha-palai, thanthapalai, tondambalai, tontampalai, vapaalai, veppalai, vet palai, vetpa-larishi, vetpaalai, vetpala-verai, vetpala-virai, vetpalai, vetpalarisi, vilavarici,Nelli |
| Telugu | aku pala, akupala, amkudu, ankid-kodisha, ankudu, arkudu, chitaamulu, chitankudu, chiteancaloo, chiti-anikudu, chittankudu, chitteancaloo, chittiankudu, chittiyankudu, cittankudu, cittiyankudu, dodda paala chettu, doddi pala, jeddapaala, jeddapala, jeddepaala, kalinga-vittulu, kodisha-vittulu, kolamukhi, paala baranki, paalavareni, paalaveri, paalumili, pala, pala-kordsha, palabaranki, palabarunki, palamuki, palaparki, palavareni, palavari, palavereni, palaveri, palumili, palunili, pullavari, repala, reppala, reppala chettu, tedlapal, tedlapala, tedlopal, tella, tellapala, teppala, thedlapaala,Neelachettu |
| Urdu | indarjao shirin, inder jao shirin, inderajao shirin, inderjao sheerin, inderjao shireen, inderjao shirin, inderjawshireen |
| Common Names | Pala indigo plant, dyer's oleander |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Seeds
Latex
Ethnopharmacology use
Wrightia tinctoria R. Br
Habit- Tree
Parts used - Seed, leaves, fruit, latex, root
Application - Boils; blisters; wounds; fever; aphrodisiac; dandruff; headache; for easy delivery; mouth ulcers; epilepsy; psoriasis; skin diseases; sore throat; cough; toothache
Treatment - General; women; pregnant women
References - Jain et al. 2004, Udayan et al. 2005
References
Literature
Literature
Jain et al. 2004
Udayan et al. 2005
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
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
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Wrightia tinctoria. (2024, April 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrightia_tinctoria