Details of Plants:Centella asiatica

Plant details

Family: Umbelliferae
Phytochemicals

Asiatic Acid
Asiaticoside
Brahmic Acid
Brahmoside
Pentacyclictriterpenoids
NE-statewise availability

Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Sikkim
Tripura
Vernacular Name

Tripura: Thankuni
Sikkim: Gora taprey
Nagaland: Gara (Angami)
Meghalaya: Bat khliang-syiar
Mizoram: Lambak
Assam: Wangrake
Manipur: Peruk
Arunachal Pradesh: Kiling kiro
Ailments cured

Abdominal pain
Cuts and wounds
Gastritis
Headache
Indigestion
Kidney disorder
skin disease
Stomachache
Plant parts used and methods

aerial parts: Taken orally
whole plant: Extract taken orally
Leaves: Paste applied topically
Plant References

Tangjanga. S; et al. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the Eastern Himalayan zone of Arunachal Pradesh; India; Journal of Ethnopharmacology 134; 18–25; 2011.

Shankar.R; et al. Medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Mizoram, World Journal of Science and Technology, 2(12):42-45, 2012.

Sajem. A. L; Gosai. K; Traditional use of medicinal plants by the Jaintia tribes in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, northeast India, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2:33, 2006.

Kabir et al. A survey of medicinal plants used by the Deb barma clan of the Tripura tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 10:19, 2014.

Meetei. S. Y; Singh. P. K; Survey for Medicinal Plants of Thoubal District, Manipur. Flora and Fauna 13 (2) 355-358, 2007.

Das. T; et al. Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Ethnic and Rural People in Eastern Sikkim Himalayan Region, African Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences 4 (1): 16-20, 2012.

Chase. P.E; Singh. O.P. Ethnomedicinal plants used by Angami tribe of Nagaland, India. Indian Journal of Tropical Biodiversity. (1):29-42, 2013.

BRDC; Potential Medicinal & Aromatic Plants of Meghalaya,

Phytochemical References

Perme, N; et al., Medicinal plants in traditional use at Arunachal Pradesh, India. International Journal of Phytopharmacy 5.5: 86-98, 2015.