Medicinal Plants

Common Name : Begonia heart
Botanical Name : Begonia malabarica
Tamil : Idhaya vadivam sangu narayana sanjeevi
சங்குநாராயன சஞ்சீவி-இதயம்

Medicinal Use :Uses to treat white patches in face, skin diseases, ring worms.

Common Name : Indian elm
Botanical Name : Holoptelea integrifolia
Tamil : ஆயா aya
Telugu:నాలి nali
Kannada : Arjuna thava mara
Malayalam : ആവല്‍ aaval
Hindi : चिलबिल chilbil कान्जू kanju पपड़ी papri
Medicinal Use :Promote hair growth.

Common Name : Senkumari-no dots
Botanical Name : Aloe red
Tamil : Senkumar-no dots
புள்ளி இல்லா செங்குமரி

Medicinal Use :Improve eye vision, tonic for internal organs

Common Name : Putranjiva
Botanical Name : Putranjiva roxburgii
Tamil : Putranjiva
Telugu: புத்திரன் ஜீவா
Kannada : Kuduru
Malayalam : Putrajivika
Hindi : Amani PutrajivaPongalamPutijia
Medicinal Use :Treating joint pains, inflammation, diarrhea, intestinal parasites, fever, furuncles, skin disorders and the plant-macerate is also used as a wound healing remedy

Common Name : Nannari
Botanical Name : Hemidesmus indicus
Tamil : Nannari
Telugu: நன்னாரி
Kannada : Suganda pala
Malayalam : Sugankha-palada-gidda
Hindi : SogadeNarunentiअनंतमूल Anantamul दूधली Dudhli
Medicinal Use :Leaf uses to fold viboothi in thiruchendur temple. Bark, leaves. – In the Dutch Indies, bark is use to cure chronic dysentery. Inner bark used in the treatment of conjunctivitis. Leaves used as poultices.

Common Name : Siriyanangai
Botanical Name : Polygala arvensis
Tamil : Siriyanangai
Hindi : சிறியாநங்கை
Mirdoi
संजीवनी Sanjivani
Medicinal Use :The flowers of Artabotrys hexapetalus are tonic and stimulant. The fruits and the bark are used to treat fever, diarrhea, skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, inflammation, cough, asthma and bronchitis. The leaves extract has antibacterial, antifertility and antifungal activities.

Common Name : Nilam purandi
Botanical Name : Nilampurandi
Tamil : Nilampurandi-நிலம்புரண்டி-1kg
Medicinal Use :Anti cancer, anti tumour, anti ageing

Common Name : False waterwillow
Botanical Name : Andrographis echioides
Tamil : Gopuram thangi
Malayalam : கோபுரம் தாங்கி
Pitumba

Medicinal Use : jaundice, constipation, piles, anemia, conjuctivitis. The roots are purgative, anthelmintic, carminative, rubefacient and anodyne. Used in abdominal pain, constipation, calculus, general anasarca, piles, helminthic infestation, scabies and skin disorders. Root paste is applied to painful swellings and piles. The leaves relieve asthma and seeds are used to cure snakebites.

Common Name : Wild sultan seed
Botanical Name : Baliospermum monatum
Tamil : Nagadanti
Telugu: நாகதந்தி
Kannada : Kondu amathamu
Malayalam : nagamuthamu
Hindi : Naga sanjivi nagadantiNagadantiDanti
Medicinal Use :herb has been used in the traditional tamil medicine internally as tea or externally as compresses for treatment of disorders of the locomotor system, skin, liver and bile, kidneys and urinary tract, infections, rheumatism, and gout.