Herbal Garden
The herbal garden generally consists of all the herbs which have medicinal and aromatic properties. Herbal gardens are the precious source of raw material for medicinal remedies used in primary health care. Awareness of the use of medicinal and aromatic plants are increasing and hence becoming economically important due to growing demand for herbal products in the domestic and global market and over 90% of the medicinal plants used by pharmaceutical industry are harvested from the wild in an unsustainable manner. The department maintains a herbal garden
- It has 166medicinal plants
- Students collect various herbs from the herbal garden to promote phytochemical and pharmacological research
- Scientific validation has been given to many locally available folkloric medicinal herbs Research findings have also been published in national and international journals
- Piper longum --tippili
- Clerodendrum phlomidis -thaluthalai
- Murraya koenigii—karuveppilai
- Ocimum tenuiflorum –thulasi
- Lawsonia Inermis – maruthani
- Cicca acida --aranelli
- Gmelina arborea – kumil
- Aegle-marmelos –vilvam
- Citrus limon-elumichai
- Cymbopogon citrates –elumichai pul
- Piper betle -vetrili
- Celosia argentea -maklii keerai
- Cassia roxburghii – senn kondrai
- Madhuca longifolia –eluppai
- Alpinia galanga–sittharathi
- Abrus precatorius –kundrimani
- Tabernaemontana divaricata –nanthiyavattai
- Sansevieria roxburghii –marul
- Annona squamosa –seetha maram
- Tylophora Indica –palakodi
- Euphorbia hirta -- amman pacharisi
- Anisomeles malabarica -- erumaipinari
- Zingiber officinale – inchi
- Costus igneus -- inulin sediv
- Oldenlandia umbellate --chaayaver
- Oldenlandia affinis -- sirupoo chaayaver
- Mollugo pentaphylla -- thurapoondu
- Calotropis procera --vellaerukku
- Calotropis gigantean -errukku
- Aloe vera -- sotrukkatralai
- Ricinus communis. –amanakku
- Andrographis paniculata –nilavembu
- Talinum portulacifolium paroopoo/ corie keerai/ Sambarcheera
- Desmodium triflorum – sirupullati
- Tribulus terrestris --neringi mul
- Cassia tora --thagari
- Rhinacanthus nasutus –kalligai/anichi
- Phyllanthus maderaspatensis –perunelli
- Boerhavia diffusa --Mukaratee-Kirei /Saranathi
- Vitex negundo --nochi
- Clitoria ternatea --sangu pushpam
- Hibiscus
- Syzygium aromaticum –kiraambu
- Withania somnifera – amukkara kizhangu.
- Pimenta dioica -- allspice
- Orthosiphon stamineus
- Stachytarpheta indica --Ezhuthaanippoondu'
- Adhatoda sp --siru aduthoda
- Vitis vinifera --thiratchai pazham
- Glycyrrhiza glabra --adhimaduram
- Ipomoea pes-tigris --Pulichovadi,/ Punaikkirai
- Rauvolfia tetraphylla –Avalpori/Amalpodi,/ Chevanamalpodi
- Centratherum punctatum –akirakaram /kesavarthini
- Ruta graveolens –Arvada /seerpatchlai
- Catharanthus roseus,–nithyakalyani
- Hibiscus cannabinus –pulichakiri
- Acalypha indica –Kuppaimeni
- Jasminum officinale –koto mallikai
- Spilanthes acmella -Manthal Poo Chedi
- Sida cordifolia --. nila thuthi.
- Plantago ovate – Isapkol
- Hydrocotyle javanica –periya vallari
- Jasminum sambac –mallikai
- Rosa sp (Varieties ;Edward Rose) –rosapoo
- Crataeva religiosa –Mavilankai/Mavilingam
- Tinospora cordifolia –Shindil kodi
- Coleus forskohlii --Marundhu Koorgan
- Punica granatum – Madhulai
- Alternanthera sessilis –Ponnankanni
- Coleus aromaticus --Karpuravalli /Ommavalli
- Bryophyllum pinnatum – Ranakalli
- Jatropha glandulifera –adalai/ katamanaku
- Celosia argentea var. plumose – koli kondai
- Achyranthes aspera – Nayuruvi
- Solanum trilobatum – thoodhuvalai
- Wrightia tinctoria – Veppalai/ Irum-palai
- Garcinia gummi-gutta --Gorakkapuli/ Panampuli / kodampuli
- Croton bonplandianum – Reilpoondu
- Portulaca quadrifida -- Pasalai Keerai
- Gymnema sylvestre -- siru kurunjan
- Acacia sp --parambai
- Justicia simplex –vadaikutti
- Borreria hispida -- nathai choori
- Borreria ocymoides – Tharakeera
- Curcuma longa -- manjal
- Butea monosperma – Purasu
- Eclipta prostrate – Karisalankanni
- Synedrella nodiflora -- Mudiyen pacha
- Pavonia zeylanica. – Sittamutti/ Sevagan,/. Thengai poondu,
- Ludwigia perennis – muyalkadhu ilai
- Corchorus aestuans – Perumpinnakkukkirai
- Cyanotis axillaris -- Vazhukai pul
- Leucas aspera -- Thumbai
- Cardiospermum halicacabum -- mudakattan
- Phyllanthus amarus -- Keezhkainelli/keezhanelli
- Cyperus rotundus -- korai,
- Phyllanthus virgatus –sadatharam
- Melochia corchorifolia -- Punnakkukkirai
- Alangium salvifolium -- Azhinjil,
- Myristica fragrans -- sadhikai
- Heliotropium indicum – kavil thumbai/ Thel – Kodukku
- Pandanus amaryllifolius – briyani thazhai /ramba
- Solanum nigrum -- Manathakkali Keerai
- Solanum indicum – puthiri sundai/ mull kathiri
- Phyllanthus reticulates -- civappu- pula,
- Tridax procumbens -- Vettukaya thalai
- Aristolochia indica – Aadagam/ perumarunthu
- Solanum melongena -- Kattiri kai
- Euphorbia tirucalli -- tirukalli/ Kodikalli
- Bacopa monnieri – Nirpirami
- Wattakaka volubilis --peru Kurinjan
- Hybanthus enneaspermus -- Oridhazh thamarai
- Costus speciosus – Kostam/ saathi Kostam
- Cissus quadrangularis –pirandai
- Cissus sp (flat) --pattai pirandai
- Cissus sp (round) – urundai pirandai
- Cissus sp (blunt edges) – moluka pirandai
- Cissus sp (thick leafy) --mani pirandai
- Acorus calamus – vasmbu
- Andrographis echioides – gopuram thangi
- Caesalpinia bonduc -- Kazharchikkaai,/ Kalichikai,
- Maranta arundinacea – Aru-ruttu-kkilangu
- Emilia sonchifolia -- muyalccevi,/ mayarcevi
- Bixa orellana -- Sappiravirai/ Lipstick maram
- Digera muricata – Thoyya keerai
- Sauropus androgynus -- thavasi murunggai
- Alstonia scholaris – Elilaipalai
- Vernonia cinerea – Naichette/ Mukuthipundu
- Syzygium malaccense -- Neredam/ chambaka
- Elaeocarpus serratus -- Ulang karei,/ Uttraccham
- Aerva lanata -- Sirru –pulay
- Ficus nervosa -- Neer-aal
- Euphorbia cyathophora -- Paal perukki (meaning a galactagogue)
- Ocimum basilicum – Tirunittru pachillai
- Coccinia indica -- kovai
- Sechium edule -- chow chow/ seemai kathirika
- Vetiveria zizanioides – Vetiver
- Cassia siamea -- Manja Kondrai,/Pani Vagai
- Guazuma ulmifolia – Thenpuchimaram
- Ananas comosus' – annasi/ Annasi Pazham
- Adenanthera pavonina -- Ani kundumani, Manjadi
- Syzygium cumini -- Naaval Pazham
- Pithecellobium dulce – kodukkappuli
- Phyllanthus emblica – nelli maram
- Crescentia cujete -- Tiruvottukkay
- Couroupita guianensis – Nagalingam
- Solanum torvum –sunndai kai
- Cassia alata – Seemai agathi
- Commiphora caudate – kiluvai
- Moringa oleifera – murugai
- Ficus hispida –ver athi
- Carica papaya - Pappali
- Caesalpinia pulcherrima -- Mayurkonrai . TPG-Ex situ.
- Musa paradisiacal – vazhai maram
- Mimusops elengi -- Magizhamboo
- Terminalia arjuna – Nirmarutu
- Terminalia paniculata -- Pilla marudu/ thondrikkai maram
- Centella asiatica – vallarai
- Mirabilis jalapa -- Anthi Mandhaarai
- Saraca asoca – Asogam
- Psidium guajava – koyya
- Lawsonia inermis – Marudaani
- Terminalia chebula -- Kadukkai
- Artemisia parviflora – Machipachai
- Clerodendrum inerme --sankilai
- Ficus virens var. virens -- ichi maram