Plant Details

Accepted name:: Machilus glaucescens (Nees) Wight [Lauraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anaikkuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anakkuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aneikuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittu thandri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittutandri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittutantre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulaamba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulamaavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulimaavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulimavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulmao	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulmas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulmavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iruli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu lavanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadal vanchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolamavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolarmavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollamavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kooramada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koorma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kroma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krome	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krooramaavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kruramavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulamavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuremavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
machilus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
naara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru kukku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirkukku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ooravu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeme maavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uravu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, root, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Machilus macranthus Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 70 (1831).
Machilus villosus (Roxb.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 140 (1886).
Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 193 (1962).
Cryptocarya floribunda Miq. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 40 (1864), not validly publ.
Laurus acuminata Wall. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 34 (1864).
Laurus floribunda Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2593 B (1830).
Laurus glaucescens Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 307 (1832).
Laurus macrantha Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2587 (1830).
Laurus sylvestris Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 307 (1824).
Laurus villosa Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 310 (1832).
Machilus glaucescens var. metzii Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 40 (1864).
Machilus macranthus var. brevifolius (M.Gangop.) Kottaim. Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(10): 40 (2019).
Ocotea glaucescens Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 71 (1831).
Persea glaucescens (Nees) D.G.Long Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 521 (1984).
Persea macrantha var. brevifolia M.Gangop. Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 16: 144 (2009).
Persea villosa (Roxb.) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 194 (1962).
Phoebe glaucescens (Nees) Nees Syst. Laur.: 100 (1836).
Phoebe villosa Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1822 (1852).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Machilus glaucescens (Nees) Wight	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Machilus macrantha Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Machilus villosa Hook.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Persea macrantha (Nees) Kost.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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