Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston [Bixaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
accukaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
accukacimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavi booruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavi buruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavi godu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavibooraga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adaviburaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
adaviburaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adivi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akshotamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
algodão-da-índia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
annukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antakevunam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
appakkutukka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
appakodakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
appakudakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
appakudukka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
appakutakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
araniyakarpaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arasina booraga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arasina booruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arasinaburaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arishina booraga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arisina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ataikkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bebaru	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bettadavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bettataavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bettatavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
booraga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bulavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buraga	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
buragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
butercup tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
capoquero blanco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cataikkonku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataikkonkumaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempalukka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chempanni	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chimaipunji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chimappanni	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chimmaipunji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikamatatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikamatatikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikarappakitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikarappakitamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cokamatitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cokamatitamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
condagongu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
conku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cottontree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cutalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutanamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ela embul	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
eta imbul	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
falgal	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gaapli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gabadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gabdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gadbi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gagili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
galagala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
galgal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ganeri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gangal	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ganglay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gangloy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganiar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ganiara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gehra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gejra	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
girisalmalika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gjara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golden silk tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gone	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gongal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gulgul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gum tragacanth	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gunglay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gungu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hoghara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hongaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iticika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iticikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu booruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadachogund	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kadburaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaduburaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaduburga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanakacarimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanakaccari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandugogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannigaram	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kannikarmaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karaya gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kateera	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kateera (katira)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kateeraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kathalyagonda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
katila	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
katira	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
katira safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kattolaga	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kattu ilavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuparatti	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kattuppancu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattupparutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kinihiriya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
konda buruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konda gogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondabooraga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondaburaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondagagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondagogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kongelavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kongilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kongilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kongillam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kongu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
konkilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konkillam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudirapuduku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumaraimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kutira gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuyakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuyakamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaipparutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaipparuttimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancatkonku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancatkonkumaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancattanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matavai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matavaimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullilavikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullilavikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalalmaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
onkum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
onkur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ortilinku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ortilinkumaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paarijatamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachaigiluvai	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
palini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panninara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
panyara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parapanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
parappanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parappoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pareipanyi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parijata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parjatamu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
paruttimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peypparutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pili kapas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinaramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pratti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
puntatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puttali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samagh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
samgh-e-qatad	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shimappanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silakarpasika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silk cottontree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
silk-cotton tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
simappanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sterculia gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
tanaka	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tanakkupparutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tanakumaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thanukku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tragacanth	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tschempungie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turumarbalam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
turuverppalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanacarocani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanapparutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white silk cotton tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ඇට ඉඹුල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
කිනිහිරියා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gum		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gum, flower, leaves	dried leaves	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gum, bark	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
exudate		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
gum		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
	gum	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
gum	dried gum	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Gum		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cochlospermum gossypium DC. Prodr. 1: 527 (1824), nom. illeg.
Bombax congo Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 145 (1768).
Bombax gossypium L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 517 (1767), nom. illeg.
Bombax grandiflorum Sonn. Voy. Indes Orient. 2: 235 (1782).
Bombax religiosum L. Sp. Pl.: 512 (1753).
Cochlospermum balicum Boerl. Cat. Pl. Phan.: 49 (1899).
Maximilianea gossypium Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891), nom. illeg.
Wittelsbachia gossypium Mart. & Zucc. in C.F.P.von Martius, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 1: 80 (1824), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cochlospermum gossypium	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cochlospermum gossypium (L.) DC.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Cochlospermum gossypium (Linn.) DC	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cochlospermum gossypium A.P.De Candolle	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Cochlospermum gossypium A.P.De Condolle	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Cochlospermum gossypium DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cochlospermum gossypium L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cochlospermum gossypium Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cochlospermum religiosum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cochlospermum religiosum (Linn.) Alston	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cochlospermum religiosum (Linn.) Alston.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Cochlospermum religiosum Alston	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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