Details of Bombax ceiba



Summary
Statewise availability
Phytochemicals
  • Scientific Name:Bombax ceiba
  • Genus:Bombax
  • Species:ceiba
  • Family:Bombacaceae
  • Synonym:Bombax aculeatum, Bombax aculeatum, Bombax ceiba, Bombax ceiba, Bombax ceiba, Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum,etc.
Ailments cured
Plant parts and method of its use
Vernacular name
  • Whole Plant : Extract taken orally
  • Bihar : Edle
  • Chandigarh : Simul
  • Chattisgarh : Semal
  • Himachal Pradesh : Simul
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Safed muli
  • Jharkhand : Simul
  • Karnataka : Boorgada
  • Maharastra : Kate savar
  • Odisha : Semeli
  • Punjab : Tukhm shalgham
  • Sikkim : Simal
  • Tamil Nadu : Mukuruttai
  • Telangana : Booruga
  • West Bengal : Simul