Botanical & common names of Siddha/Ayurveda (Indian) Medicinal herbs in Tamil English,Hindi.
S. Merish, Siddha Physician, merish@doctor.com
Here is the little encyclopedia for the botanical library. Here we also include many siddha medicinal plants for the verification & classification of scientific researchers.
Aadutheendaapaalai | ____ | aristolochia bracteolata |
Aagayathamarai | ____ | Pistia stratiotes |
Aalamaram | ____ | ficus-benghalensis |
aamanakku | ____ | Ricinus communis |
aanai nerunji | ____ | pedalium murex |
aathondai | ____ | capparis zeylanica |
aavarai | ____ | Cassia auriculata |
adathodai | ____ | Adhatoda vasica |
adavi | ____ | Hibiscus furcatus |
agathi | ____ | Sesbania grandiflora |
akkarakaram | ____ | anacyclus pyrethrum |
alari | ____ | Nerium odorum |
alingil | ____ | Alangium salviifolium |
alukanni | ____ | Drosera burmannii- |
ammanpacharisi | ____ | Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbiaceae |
amukkara | ____ | WITHANIA_SOMNIFERA |
anthi mantharai | ____ | mirabilis jalapa |
arival mooku pachilai | ____ | Sida acuta |
arugampul | ____ | Cynodon dactylon, Poaceae |
arunelli | ____ | averrhoa acida |
asoka maram | ____ | saraca indica |
athi | ____ | Ficus racemosa |
athimathuram | ____ | Glycyrrhizha glabra |
atukkaal | ____ | Ipomoea pes-caprae |
avarai | ____ | Labiab Purpureus |
avuri | ____ | Indigofera tinctoria |
belladonna | ____ | Atropa belladonna |
Chittrarathai | ____ | Alpinia Speciosa. Schum. |
coffee | ____ | Coffea arabica |
eelathalari | ____ | Cerbera odollam |
elakkai | ____ | Elettaria cardomum |
Elumichai | ____ | citrus limon |
elumichai thulasi | ____ | ocimum_gratissimum |
Eluthaanippoonduu | ____ | Launaea sarmentosa |
Eluthaanippoonduu | ____ | launaea_nudicaulis |
erukku | ____ | Calotropis gigantea |
etti | ____ | strychnos nuxvomica |
Ilaikalli | ____ | Euphorbia-neriifolia |
ilaikallii | ____ | Euphoria nivulia |
Ilanthai | ____ | zizyphus jujuba |
Iluppai | ____ | madhuca longifolia |
imbural | ____ | oldenlandia corymbosa |
ingi | ____ | zingibera officinalis |
jathikkai | ____ | Myristica fragrans |
kadalpaalai | ____ | Ipomoea_carnea |
kadukkai | ____ | Terminalia Chebula |
kala | ____ | Carissa-spinarum |
Kalyanamurungai | ____ | erythrina indica |
kanagambaram | ____ | Crossandra_undulaefolia |
kanavalai | ____ | Commelina diffusa |
kandan kathiri | ____ | solanum xanthocarpum |
kara karanai | ____ | Amorphophallus campanulatus |
karisalanganni | ____ | eclipta alba |
karivembu | ____ | Murraya koenigii |
karun thulasi | ____ | ocimum tenuiflorum |
karungali | ____ | Acacia catechu |
kasakasa | ____ | papaver somniferum |
keela nelli | ____ | phyllanthus amarus |
kirambu | ____ | eugenia caryophyllata |
kodi pasalai | ____ | basella rubra |
Kodikalli | ____ | Euphorbia tirucalli |
korai pul | ____ | Cyperus rotundus |
korakkarmooli-kanja | ____ | Cannabis sativa |
kottikilangu | ____ | aponogeton natans- |
kovai | ____ | Coccinia indica – Cucurbitaceae |
Kudasappalai | ____ | Holarrhena Antidysenterica |
kumari | ____ | Aloe vera, Liliaceae |
kundumani | ____ | abrus_precatorius |
kuppaimeni | ____ | Acalypha indica Euphrbiaca |
Kurosani omam | ____ | Hyocyamus niger, Solanaceae |
kuthukkar sammati | ____ | Indigofera oblongifolia |
lavangam | ____ | Syzygium aromaticum |
maathulai | ____ | PUNICA GRANATUM |
malaivembu | ____ | Melia azaderach |
mangaai | ____ | Mangifera indica |
manithakkali | ____ | solanum nigrum |
manthaarai | ____ | Bauhinia tomentosa |
maravalli kilangu | ____ | manihot esculenta |
maruthondri | ____ | Lawsonia Inermis |
mayil kondrai | ____ | poincinna regia |
Medow saffron | ____ | Colchicum autumnale |
milagu | ____ | Piper nigrum |
milakai poondu | ____ | Croton bonplandianus |
milakaranai | ____ | Toddalia asiatica |
moovilai notchi | ____ | vitex-trifolia |
mudakkathaan | ____ | Cardiosermum halicacabum |
mukkurathai | ____ | boerhaavia diffusa |
mullikeerai | ____ | amaranthus spinosus |
mundhiri | ____ | Anacardium occidentale |
murungai maram | ____ | MORINGA OLEIFERA |
musumusukkai | ____ | Mukia maderaspatana |
muthiyar koonthal, kuthirai vaali | ____ | merremia tridentata |
muyar chevi ilai | ____ | emilia sonchifolia |
naai velai | ____ | cleome viscosa |
naayuruvi | ____ | achyranthes aspera |
nagathaali | ____ | opuntia dillenii |
nai thulasi | ____ | Ocimum canum |
nal velai | ____ | cleome gynandra |
nannari | ____ | HEMIDESMUS INDICUS1 |
nanthiyavattai | ____ | ervatamia divaricata |
narathai | ____ | Citrus medica |
nargis | ____ | Narcissus poeticus |
NARGIS FLOWER | ____ | Narcissus tazetta |
naripuhayilai | ____ | Digitalis lanata |
naripukayilai | ____ | Digitalis purpurea |
natthai churi | ____ | Spermacoce hispida |
neerarai | ____ | marsilea quadrifolia |
Neermulli | ____ | hygrophila auriculata |
nermel neruppu-kaluruvi | ____ | ammania baccifera |
nerunjil | ____ | TRIBULUS_TERRESTRIS |
nilakkumizhi | ____ | Gmelina_asiatica |
nilappanai | ____ | CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES |
nilavembu | ____ | Andrographis paniculata |
Nirbirhmi | ____ | Bacopa Monnieri |
nithiyakalyani | ____ | Catharanthus roseus |
Notchi | ____ | Vitex Negundo |
omavalli | ____ | Coleus aromaticus |
oomathai | ____ | Datura metel |
orithalthaamarai | ____ | Hybanthus enneaspermus |
palaamaram | ____ | Artocarpus heterophyllus |
palperukki | ____ | euphorbia heterophylla |
pappali | ____ | carica papaya – |
pasalai keerai | ____ | portulaca quadrifida |
pasikodi | ____ | Passiflora_foetida |
pavalamalli | ____ | Nyctanthes arbortristis |
peechangan | ____ | Clerodendron inerme |
peerku | ____ | Angled loofah |
pereechai | ____ | phoenix_dactylifera |
perumarunthuu | ____ | Aristolochia indica |
perunelli | ____ | Phyllantus emblica |
perungayam | ____ | ferula assafoetida |
pey kommati | ____ | citrullus colocynthis |
peyathi | ____ | ficus hispida |
pinnakkukeerai | ____ | Melochia corchorifolia |
pirammathandu | ____ | argemone mexicana |
pirandai | ____ | Cissus quadrangularis |
poduthalai | ____ | lippia nodiflora |
ponnankanni | ____ | Alternanthera sessilis |
ponnavarai | ____ | Cassia Angustifolia. |
poolankilangu | ____ | Curcuma zedoaria |
poovarasu | ____ | Thespesia populnea |
pukayilai | ____ | Nicotiana tobacum |
pulichakeerai | ____ | hibiscus cannabinus-kasarai |
puliyaarai | ____ | oxalis_corniculata |
pulluruvi | ____ | Dendropthoë falcata |
pungai | ____ | Pongamia glabra |
punnai | ____ | caloophyllum inophyllum |
puthina | ____ | mentha piperata |
quassia | ____ | Quassia alata , |
ranakalli | ____ | Bryophyllum pinnatum |
reval sinni | ____ | rheum emodi |
sambirani maram | ____ | Styrax benzoin |
sangilai | ____ | azima tetracantha |
sangpuspi | ____ | CLITORIA_TERNATEA |
santhanam | ____ | Santalum album |
sarakkonnai tree | ____ | Cassia fistula |
sarkarai vembu | ____ | Scoparia_dulcis |
sarpaganthi | ____ | Rauwolfia serpentina |
Sathurakkalli | ____ | Euphorbia antiquorum |
seemai agathi | ____ | Cassia alata |
seenthil kodi | ____ | tinospora cordifolia |
seethevi sengaluneer | ____ | vernonia cinerea |
sembaruthi | ____ | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
sembu | ____ | COLOCASIA ESCULENTA |
sengaluneer | ____ | Nymphaea lotus |
senganthal | ____ | Gloriosa Superba |
senthaamarai | ____ | Nelumbium speciosum |
sevvalli | ____ | Nymphaeastellata rosea |
sikakaai | ____ | acacia concinna |
silanthi nayagam | ____ | asystasia gangetica |
siru kattukodi | ____ | Cocculus hirsutus |
siru seruppadai | ____ | Glinus lotoides |
sirukurinjannn | ____ | Gymnema sylvestre |
sirupeelai | ____ | Aerva lanata |
sivanarvembu | ____ | Indigofera Aspalathoides |
sivappu mantharai | ____ | Bauhinia_variegata |
sombu | ____ | Foeniculum vulgare |
thaandrikkai | ____ | TERMINALIA BELERICA |
thaazhai | ____ | Pandanus odoratisiimus |
thagarai | ____ | Cassia_tora |
thalikeerai | ____ | Lopomoea obscura |
thalisapathri | ____ | abies webbiana |
thel kodukku | ____ | Heliotropium indicum |
theyilai | ____ | Tea |
thippili | ____ | PIPER LONGUM |
thirukukali | ____ | Euphorbia tortilis |
thiruneetrupachilai | ____ | ocimum bacilicum |
thottarsiningi | ____ | MIMOSA PUDICA |
thulasi | ____ | Ocimum sanctum |
thumbai | ____ | Leucas aspera |
thungumoongi maram | ____ | Samanea_saman |
thuththi | ____ | Abutilon indicum |
Vallarai | ____ | Centella Asiatica |
vasambu | ____ | acorus_calamus |
vathanarayanan | ____ | delonix elata |
vellari | ____ | Cucumis sativus |
vellarugu | ____ | Enicostema axillare |
vellerukku | ____ | Calotropis procera |
vembu | ____ | Azadirachta indica |
vendai | ____ | Hibiscus esculentus |
vengayam | ____ | Allium cepa |
venthaamarai | ____ | Nelumbo nucifera |
vethuppatakki-peymiratti | ____ | anisomeles indica |
Vetpaalai | ____ | wrightia tinctoria |
vettiver | ____ | VETIVERIA ZIZANOIDES1 |
vettukaya poondu | ____ | tridax procumbens |
Vilam | ____ | Feronia elephantum |
vilvam | ____ | aegle marmelos |
vishnukiranthi | ____ | Evolvulus alsinoides |
References
- Dr. Murugesa Muthaliar, Siddha Materia Medica (Vegetable section), Volume I, Fourth edition, 1988, Publisher; Tamilnadu Siddha Medical Council, Chennai.
- A. Shakthi Paargavi1*, A. Aanandaroopan2, T. Sasi Priya, S. Merish, Review of Medicinal Plants Common to Traditional Chinese and Indian Medicines with Relevance to Non-Communicable Diseases, Current Traditional Medicine, 2015, 1, 116-121.
- Thomas M. Walter, RS Nirmala, S Merish, M Tamizhamuthu, A Promising Herbal topical formulation ‘PPP’for treating Bedsores, Siddha Papers 2015 (1)(1).
- Catalogue of Siddha Medicines, Available on Academia research platform, https://www.academia.edu/1410084/Review_of_Glycyrrhiza_glabra_Linn.%5BLast Accessed February 14, 2016].
- Thomas M. Walter, M Sathya, C Aswini, A Shifana Raheema, S Merish, Invitro Screening of a Poly Herbal Siddha Formula for Its Anti-Inflammatory Properties, Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences,5(3),2014
- S. Merish, M. Tamizhamuthu, Thomas M. Walter , Styptic And Wound Healing Properties of Siddha Medicinal Plants – A Review, Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2014 April ; 5 (2) : (P) 43 – 49.