Some Medicinally important Plant and their uses

 Some Medicinally important Plant and their uses

Sl. No	Name of The Plant	Flowering Season	Origin	Parts Used	Medicinal Importance
1	Spermacoce alata Aubl.	June-January	Naturalized Exotic	Root and Leaves	Used to cure malaria, Ophthalmic, inflammation of eye, headache.
2	Chromolaena odoratum (L.) King & H.Rob	October-April	Invasive	Leaves	Used to treat Skin wounds and to stop bleeding.
3	Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC	Throughout the year	Exotic	Leaves and Root	Used against Ulcers, anti-inflammatory, leprosy pimple and skin diseases.
4	Clerodendrum infortunatum L.	February-July	Native	Root and Leaves	Used as Anti-inflammatory, pain-relief substance and also useful in skin diseases, leprosy and bone injury.
5	Dioscorea alata L.	November	Native	Tuber	Used as Diuretic, anthelmintic, contraceptive and also useful in diabetes, leprosy, gonorrhea, strangury.
6	Phyllanthus fraternus G.L. Webster	March -October	Native	Whole plant	Used to treat Dysentery, gonorrhoea, dropsy, diarrhoea and malaria, bronchitis, asthma, leprosy, anaemia.
7	Biophytum sensitivum (L.)DC	August-January	Native	Whole plant	Used as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, cardioprotective, radioprotective, chemoprotective, immunomodulatory, wound-healing, anti-diabetic agent.
8	Sauropus compressus Müll.Arg.	February-November	Native	Leaves	The fresh leaves are used for the treatment of retained Placenta. A mouth-wash made of the juice of fresh leaves and honey and applied to the tongue.
9	Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. Ex. Schult.	August -December	Naturalized Exotic	whole plant	Used in sinus, headache, cold, snake bite, fever, asthma, diphtheria, pneumonia, throat pain.
10	Globba racemosa Sm.	June to October	Native	Whole plant	Relief from mouth ulcer, post natal care of mother and child, conjunctivitis, eye abrasions, asthma, leucoderma, cough, food poisoning, analgesic, antipyretic, heart pain and Stomach pain.
11	Desmodium gangeticum (L.)DC.	July-February	Native	Whole plant, Root, Bark	Anti-inflammatory, fever reducing, carminative, digestive, laxative, diuretic, cough, anti-dysenteric, anti-diarrhoeal.
12	Ageratum conyzoides L.	Throughout the year	Exotic	Leaves, Flowers, Root, whole plant	Leaves used in wounds, cuts and burns; root juice antibiotic, plants used febrifuge.
13	Ageratum houstonianum Mill.	January -December	Naturalized Exotic	Leaves, Flowers, Root, whole plant	Leaves used in wounds, cuts and burns; root juice antibiotic, plants used febrifuge.
14	Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link	Throughout the year	Native	Leaves, Flower	Used in jaundice, odema, asthama, wormicide, nasal drops in sinusites, cold and jaundice, flowers used in cough and cold.
15	Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites	August-October	Native	Leaves, Inflorescence	Plant recommended for colic, rheumatism, and intestinal disease.
16	Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross	February-June	Native	Leaves	Leaf is used for treatment dysentery, enteritis, and sore throat
17	Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre	May-December	Native	Whole plant	Effective cure for toothache, epilepsy, gangrene, rheumatism, and gout.
18	Enhydra fluctuans Lour.	November-March	Native	Young twig	Eaten as a vegetable; uses for blood purifier, nervous diseases, gonorrhea, paralysis, epilepsy, digestion problem.
19	Achyranthes aspera L.	October-March	Native	Root and whole plant	Root is used for piles, jaundice, fever, skin diseases and sex diseases.
20	Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees	Throughout the year	Native	Whole plant	Juice of plants is applied as febrifuge
21	Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott.	September	Native	Leaves	Leaf petiole is used in jaundice and petiole juice is used in cut and wounds.
22	Commelina diffusa Burm. f.	August-November	Native	Leaves and whole plant	Bruised plant is used against boils, dysentery
23	Osbeckia nepalensis Hook. f.	Throughout the year	Native	Root	Decoction of roots is used in urinary problem and diabetes.
24	Crotalaria pallida Aiton.	September.-January	Naturalized Exotic	Leaves, Flower	Leaves and floral parts of the plants are some times used in paralysed part.
25	Elephantopus scaber L.	August.-February.	Native	Leaves, Root	Leaves are anti-diabetic. Root paste cure chronic abdomen and stomach pain.
26	Commelina benghalensis L.	August.- December	Native	Leaves and whole plant	Leaf paste is used against constipation, boils, skin diseases
27	Curcuma caesia Roxb.	May-June	Native	Rhizome	The rhizome is used in bone fracture, fever, epilepsy, pains, toothache.
28	Impatiens trilobata Colebr.	July - October	Exotic	Root, Leaves, Seeds	Root used to treat migraine pain. seed is used for cancer treatment. Leaves is used for wounds and skin inflammations.
29	Torenia cordifolia Roxb.	Predominantly Rainy season	Native	Whole plants	Plant juice is useful against swelling. Stem juice is taken against gastric trouble and ulcers.
30	Lindernia ciliate (Colsm) Pennell	Throughout the year	Native	Leaves and whole plant	Decoction of leaves is used as a remedy for gonorrhea, jaundice, urinary problem, bronchitis, headache, liver complaints, spleen diseases, constipation, fever, loss of appetite, asthma, cough, skin diseases.
31	Lindernia crustacea (L.) F.Muell	July-December	Native	Leaves and whole plant	Leaf paste is used against dysentery, ring worm, indigestion.
32	Lindernia ruellioides (Colsm.) Pennell	May-October	Native	Leaves	Leaves are useful in wounds, bruises, boils, jaundice, snakebite, dysentery, urinary trouble and quick healing of wounds.
33	Senna tora (L.)Roxb.	Throughout the year	Native	Leaves	Leaves are applied for skin diseases such as leprosy, ringworm, itching and psoriasis and snakebites
34	Senna sophera (L.)Roxb.	Throughout the year	Native	Root and Leaves	Paste prepared from root along with black pepper is given to treat jaundice and paste prepared from leaf mixed with sugar candy is taken one or two tea spoonful twice-thrice daily to treat dysuria.
35	Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers	February-April	Native	Rhizome	Rhizome used to treat Jaundice, diabetes, fever, Dyspepsia, insomnia.
36	Coffea benghalensis B.Heyne ex. Schult.	March- December	Native	Young twig and Flower	Young shoot is used for indigestion and stomachache. Flower is used in child birth and conjunctivitis
37	Wrightia religiosa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Benth. ex. Kurz.	Throughout the year	Native	Bark	Dried bark is used in dysentery.
38	Desmodium trifolium (L.)DC.	August-February	Native	Leaves and Root	Leaves are applied for diarrhoea, dysentery and convulsion. Roots are used as carminative, tonic, diuretic and used in bilious complaints. Decoction of plant or leaves is externally applied on wounds, ulcers, and for skin diseases.
39	Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.) DC.	September-February	Native	Leaves	leaves are used to treat urinary retention and digestive complaints, diuretic. Plant decoction used for stomach aches.
40	Melastoma malabathricum L.	October-April	Native	Leaves	Leaf paste used against boils skin problems.
41	Sida acuta Burm.f.	August-Deceber	Naturalized Exotic	Leaves	Leaf prevents blood urea, boils and Nephritis.
42	Sida rhombifolia L.	July-Deceber	Native	Leaves and Root	The roots and leaves are used in rheumatism, migraine and colic.
43	Abrus pulchellus Thwaites	August -June	Native	Seeds	Seeds are used as Purgative, Emetic, Aphrodisiac, Ophthalmic.
44	Ampelocissus barbata (Wall.) Planch.	June-October	Native	Whole plant	Plants are used in fever, cough-cold tonic.
45	Achyranthes bidentata Blume	Throughout the year	Native	Whole plant, Root	Root juice is used for toothache, decoction as a diuretic and leech bites.
46	Piper longum L.	May-October	Native	Seeds	Seed is used in cough and cold.
47	Dioscorea bulbifera L.	Throughout the year	Native	Tuber	Tubers used against asthma and snake bite.
48	Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.	Septeber-April	Naturalized Exotic	Root and Leaves	Decoction of the root is used for internal ulcerations; Leaves are antihypertensive, astringent, diuretic and used for diarrhoea, dysentery, internal hemorrhages and gonorrhea.
49	Boerhavia repens L.	Throughout the year	Native	Leaves	Leaf juice is applied for snake-bite and oedema, urinary problem.
50	Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.	August-January	Naturalized Exotic	Bark, whole plant	Decoction of whole plant is used for rheumatism, leprosy, skin diseases and diuretic; snake bite, colic pain.
51	Flemingia strobilifera (L.) W.T.Aiton	December-March	Native	Leaves and Root	Decoction of leaves and root are effective against dysentery, epilepsy, hysteria.
52	Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl.	March-June	Native	Leaves	Leaves are consumed for blood cleanser, asthma, ulcerated stomachs and control blood pressure.
53	Urena lobata L.	September-March	Native	Leaves and Root	Leaves and Roots are used widely to treat bowel complaints, especially colic, stomach-ache, diarrhoea and dysentery, and gonorrhea, urinary diseases.
54	Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. Ex Rottl.) Roxb.	April-November	Native	Whole plant	Whole plant used to treat Snake bite.
55	Mimosa pudica L.	July- November	Introduced Invasive	Leaves, Root and seed	Toothache, leprosy, dysentery, vaginal and uterine complaints, inflammation, leucoderma, fatigue, asthma, blood diseases, jaundice, leprosy, ulcers, small pox.
56	Mimosa invisa Colla.	June to September	Native	Leaves, Root	Leaves are applied against snake bites and having antioxidant and antibacterial.
57	Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam.	March-November	Native	Whole plant	Decoction of whole plant is used for asthma, bone fracture, edema, fever, detoxication, throat pain, psoriasis.
58	Mikania micrantha Kunth.	June-March	Exotic	Leaves	Leaf sap prevents bleeding, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory.
59	Deeringia amaranthoides (Lam.) Merr.	November -April	Native	Leaves and Root	Decoction of the leaves is used for dysentery, inflammatory tumours. Root is used to treat jaundice.
60	Oxalis corniculata L.	Throughout the year	Cosmopolitan-Native	Whole Plant	Dysentery, diarrhea, piles, asthma, skin disease; refrigerant, appetizer.
61	Xanthium strumarium L.	December-May	Exotic	Leaves	Decoction of the leaves is used to prevent minor external bleeding and also used as antiseptic medicine.
62	Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small	Throughout the year	Naturalized Exotic	Whole Plant	skin problems, cold, fever, cough, headache, diarrhoea, fertility problems, toothache, stomach ache, wounds, diabetes, rheumatism, asthma, dysentery, small pox, bone fractures, earache, hair loss and snake bite.
63	Scoparia dulcis L.	Throughout the year	Naturalized Exotic	Leaves	Leaf is used against boils and tumors as well as pneumonia, anti-diabetic.
64	Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob.	Throughout the year	Native	Whole Plant	Relief from Common cold,cough.
65	Trichosanthes tricuspidata Laur.	July-December	Native	Young twig and Fruits	The unripe fruit and the tender shoots used as vegetable to improve appetite, digestion and anti-diabetic.
66	Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus Nees.	February-April	Native	Leaves, Flower	Cough and cold, leprosy, vomiting, urinary discharge, asthma, bronchitis, piles; astringent, tonic, antipyretic.
67	Acmella calva (DC.) R.K.Jansen	March-April	Introduced esxotic	Root, Leaves and Flower	Flower heads are chewed to relieve the toothache and other mouth related troubles. Leaves are used externally in treatment of skin diseases, diuretic and lithotriptic, dysentery.
68	Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem.	January-August	Native	Leaves, Root, Seed	Plant uses for anti-inflammatory, anorexia, astringent, antiarthritic and acid-reflux.
69	Tephrosia purpurea L.(Pers.)	April-October	Native	Whole plant and Root	Decoction of the roots is given in dyspepsia, diarrhea, rheumatism, asthma and urinary disorders. Whole plant is used for leprosy, ulcers, asthma, and tumors, as well as diseases of the liver, spleen, heart, and blood.
70	Physalis minima L.	Throughout the year	Naturalised exotic	Whole plant	Relief from Colic, ulcers, cough, bronchitis.
71	Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze	Septeber-March	Native	Leaves and Root	Carminative, astringent, uterine infection and Decoction of the plant for dysentery, inflammation, boil, fever, cough. Root is antiallergic, cures sores and ulcers of the mouth.
72	Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.	October -January	Naturalized exotic	Root and Leaves	Decoction of the roots is valued as an appetizer, emmenagogic, rheumatism. Leaves are used stomach problems, fevers, cold.
73	Lantana camara L.	Throughout the year	Naturalized exotic	Leaves, Bark, Flower	Leaves are applied for headaches, fever, flu, coughs, colds toothaches and indigestion boils, swellings and pain of the body. Bark is used for leprosy and ulcer. Flower for tuberculosis.
74	Pupalia atropurpurea (Lam.) Moq.	November-February	Native	Whole plant,	The leaves are antitussive, diuretic and febrifuge. The decoction of plant is also applied in frictions to treat oedema.
75	Merremia vitifolia (Burm. F.) Hallier f.	February-July	Native	Whole plant	Juice of the whole plant is considered cooling and diuretic, high fever, strangury and urethral discharges, malaria and smallpox.
76	Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth. Var subspicata (Benth.) Maesen	November-April	Native	Whole plant	Decoction of the plant is used as an anti-infective agent, ulcers and boils. Root is cooked as vegetable.
77	Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.	Throughout the year	Exotic	Whole plant	Decoction of the whole plant is used against malaria; colds with fever; whooping cough; bronchitis, diarrhea.
78	Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.	October-April	Native	Leaves	Cooked young leaves are taken to increase lactation. It is also used in cough and cold as well as glossitis.
79	Murdania nudiflora (L.)Brenan	July-November	Native	Whole plant	Plant paste is used against leprosy, headache, asthma, piles. Root used to treat jaundice.
80	Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.	Throughout the year	Exotic	Leaves	Leaf-sap is used for stomachache, rheumatism, earache, laxative.
81	Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes ex. Loud	August-October	Globally Native	Leaves	Decoction of leaf is used to treat skin diseases.
82	Cardiospermum halicacabum L.	April-January	Naturalized Exotic	Leaves	Leaves used to treat snake bite, skin diseases, rheumatism, nervous problem, earache.
83	Bidens pilosa L.	June-December	Introduced Exotic	Whole plant	Used in toothache, rheumatism, leprosy, skin disease; checks bleeding. Leaf juice used in ear and eye complaint.
84	Oplismenus burmanni (Retz.) P.Beauv.	October - January	Naturalized Exotic	Leaves	Decoction of leaf is used in eye treatments.
85	Cleome rutidosperma DC.	March- December	Invasive exotic	Leaves	Decoction of leaf is used to treat malaria, appetizer, laxative applied to soothe irritable skin conditions, convulsions and earache, inflammation and deafness.
86	Amaranthus viridis L.	Throughout the year	Native	Leaves	Decoction of leaf is used as dysentery and inflammations and purify the blood
87	Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht	August-october	Native	Rhizome	Rhizome used to treat stomach Problem, blood in urine, diabetes.
88	Solanum torvum Sw.	Throughout the year	Introduced and Naturalized	Root, Fruit, Leaves	Root decoction is venereal diseases, boil. Fruit is diuretic and is used for malaria, stomach aches. Leaves are an effective antimicrobial and diuretic, anti-diabetic.
89	Heliotropium indicum L.	November-April	Introduced Exotic	Whole plant	Decoction of the whole plant is used to treat thrush, diarrhoea, diabetes, ulcers, dysentery, and bronchitis. Root sap is used in eye treatment.
90	Murraya koenigii (L.) Sprenge	April-June	Native	Leaves,Root, Bark	Leaves are used as vegetable, anti-diabetic, appetizer, antimicrobial and relief from vomiting and dysentery. Bark and Root are used for external wounds, stomachic.
91	Natsiatum herpeticum Buch.-Ham. ex Arn.	October-February	Exotic	Whole plant	Whole plant with other ingredients like ginger, black piper, leaf of lemon, leaf of Vitex, Eupatorium, is used to treat head-ache.
92	Pouzolzia zeylenica (L.)Benn.	September-January	Native	Roots	Roots eaten to cure dysentery, cough and Asthma.
93	Auxonopus compressus (Swartz.) P.Beauv.	Throughout the year	Naturalized Exotic	Whole plant	Decoction of the whole plant is used to treat diabetes, heart problems and skin diseases. It has antimicrobial and anti-oxidant properties also.
94	Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.	Throughout the year	Naturalize Exotic	Whole plant	Decoction of the whole plant is used to treat leucoderma, inflammation, leprosy, dysentery, cough and urogenital disorder.
95	Smilax zeylanica L.	Mar.-Aug.	Native	Leaves and Root	Root is used for veneral diseases, rheumatic swellings, urinary complaints and dysentery, jaundice, wound healing. Leaf juice is used for skin problems.