St Mary's College, Sulthan Bathery   /   Plant

Plant Details

Eryngium foetidum L.

Biennial herb , stem green . Leaves green , glabrous , oblanceolate , basal rosette , serrulate , pinnately reticulate . Flowers creamy white , umbel , cylindrical , lanceolate , petals white , calyx ovate lanceolate . Fruit ovoid , globose .

 

  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Habit: Biennial herb
  • Habitat: Open ground
  • Status : Common


Vernacular names

English - Long coriander

Hindi - Ban dhania

Malayalam - African malli

Tamil - Maims kothamalli

Kannada - Kaadu kolthambari

Medicinal Uses

*Effective for curing asthma

*Effective for curing malaria

*Treatment of diarrhea

*cures burns

*Roots used against various inflammatory disorders

*It promote menstrual bleeding .