Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br.

Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br.

hem-ee-DEZ-mus -- Greek: hemi (half, partial); desmos (bond); name literally translates to "half-bound" ... compiled from the web
IN-dih-kus or in-DEE-kus -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Indian sarsaparilla • Assamese: অনন্তমূল onontomul • Bengali: অনন্তমূল anantamul • Bhojpuri: अनंतमूल anantmool, गहा gaha • Gujarati: અનંતમુળ anantmul, દૂધલી dudhli, દૂધવેલ dudhvel, કાગડીયો કુંઢેર kaagadiyo kundher, સરીવા sariva, ઉપલસરી upalasari • Haryanvi: अनंतमूल anantamul • Hindi: अनंतमूल anantamul, दूधली dudhli, कपूरी kapuri, मग्रबू magrabu, सालसा salsa, सूगंदीपाला sugandi-pala • Kachchhi: દુધેલી dudheli • Kannada: ಅನಂತಮೂಲ anantamula, ಕೆಂಪು ಗಂಧಿ kempu gandhi, ನಾಮದ ಬೇರು naamada beru, ನನ್ನಾರಿ nannaari, ಸೊಗದೆ sogade, ಸುಗಂಧಿ sugandhi • Kokborok: অনন্তমূল anantamul • Kol: गुआधेमदा guadhemda • Konkani: उपरसाळ uparsal • Magadhi: अनंतमूल anantmool, गहा gaha • Malayalam: നന്നാറി nannaari, നറുനീണ്ടി naruneendi, പാറവള്ളി paaravalli • Malvani: उपरसाळ uparsal • Manipuri: ꯑꯅꯟꯇꯥꯃꯨꯜ anantamul • Marathi: अनंतमूळ anantmul, कावळ्याची मुळी kavalyachi muli, सारीवा sariva, उपलसारी upalsari, उपरसाळ uparsal • Mundari: तर्जमाला tarjamala • Nagpuri: चोटका-दूधी chotaka–dudhi, दूधिजेरी dudhijeri, दूधमाला dudhmala, दूदली dudli • Nepali: अनन्तमूल anantmool • Odia: ଅଲ୍‌ସମ୍ କାନ୍ଦି alsum kandi, ଅନନ୍ତମୂଳ anantamula, ଚେମିରି-ବାରମୂଳା chemiri-barmula, ଦୁଧି dudhi, ଦୁଧଲେଃ dudholeh, କରାଳା karala, ଲାଡୁଗୋରା ladugora, ଲଘୁଲତା laghulata, ନାଗ ଜିହ୍ୱା naga jihwa, ରାଇଗାଡ଼ି raigadi, ଶାରିବା sariba, ଶ୍ୟାମା shyama, ସୁଭଦ୍ରା subhadra, ସୁଗନ୍ଧା sugandha, ଥପା thapa • Pali: सारिबा sariba • Persian: عشبه ہندی aushbahe-hindi • Rajasthani: अनन्तमूल anantamul, बकरी खलूडा bakri khaluda, दूधली dudhli • Sanskrit: अनन्त ananta, अनन्तमूल anantamula, बल्य balya, भद्रवल्लिका bhadravallika, चिह्नधारिणी chihnadharini, गन्धवल्कल gandhavalkala, कराला karala, सारिवा sariva • Santali: ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱥᱤᱝ analsing, ᱜᱟᱨᱜᱮᱨᱤ gargeri • Tamil: அங்காரிகை ankarikai, அனந்தம் anantam, அரக்கம் arakkam, அருணை arunai, அருணினம் aruninam, சாரிபை caripai, சாரிபம் caripam, இந்திரகெந்தம் intirakentam, இந்திரி intiri, கானனுசாரி kananucari, கிருட்டிணவல்லி kiruttinavalli, கோபி kopi, மூலம் mulam, நன்னாரி nannaari, பாற்கொடி paṟkoti, பூப்பலகை puppalakai, சுகந்தி பாலை suganthi paalai, உற்கடம் urkatam • Telugu: అడవి పత్తితీగ adavi pattitige, నన్నారి nannaari, పాల చుక్కందేరు paala chukkanderu, సుగంధసాల sugandhasala, సుగంధి sugandhi, సుగంధిపాల sugandhipaala • Tibetan: ཐལ་ཏྲེས་དཀར་པོ thal tras dkar po, ཐལ་ཏྲེས thal-tres • Tulu: ಕನ್ಯಾಬೂರು kanyaabooru, ನನ್ನಾರಿ ಬೂರು nanaari booru • Urdu: سالسا salsa, سوگندي پالا sugandi-pala

known for / parts made use of: the roots (the primary medicinal & commercial part), the stem, the leaves, the whole plant ... compiled from the web.
botanical names: Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. ... homotypic synonyms: Periploca indica L. ... and more at POWO, retrieved September 03, 2026
Bibliography / etymology / notes
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Indian sarsaparilla
  • Flowers of India ... (accessed: September 03, 2026)
  • Indian sarsaparilla — A historical commercial trade name arising from colonial-era pharmacology. British physicians in the 19th century utilized the root systems of both Hemidesmus indicus and Cryptolepis buchananii as highly effective domestic substitutes for the Central American Smilax (The True Sarsaparilla), combining them under a single western trade moniker. ... compiled from the web.
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
অনন্তমূল onontomul
  • XOBDO - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ... (accessed: September 07, 2026)
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
অনন্তমূল anantamul
  • Dasa, Jnanendramohana. Bangala bhashara abhidhana. Paribarttita o paribardhita 2. samskarana. Kalikata: Indiyan Pablisim Hausa, [bhumika 1937] 2 v.
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand
अनंतमूल anantmool, गहा gaha
  • Floristic Diversity of Aurangabad - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)
  • Floristic Diversity of Rohtas - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)
  • Floristic Diversity of Kaimur - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)
  • Floristic Diversity of West Champaran - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
અનંતમુળ anantmul, કાગડીયો કુંઢેર kaagadiyo kundher, ઉપલસરી upalasari
દૂધલી dudhli (variants: દુધાલી dudhali, દુધેલી dudheli), દૂધવેલ dudhvel (or દુધવેલ dudhvel)
સરીવા sariva
  • Biological Diversity of Gujarat - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission ... (downloaded: Dec 16, 2020)
  • Patel, Mayur & Punjani, Bhasker. (2021). A study of angiosperm diversity in Bayad taluka of Aravalli district, Gujarat. - International Journal of Botany. 6. 709-718. ... (downloaded: Sep 15, 2023)
  • સરીવા sariva — While technically a Sanskrit scriptural name, it is heavily documented in regional ecological and botanical surveys of Gujarat due to its wide use in local Ayurvedic pharmacology. (Note: Standard Gujarati literary lexicons generally omit this in favour of the colloquial names Anantmul or Dudhvel). ... compiled from the web.
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
अनंतमूल anantamul
  • Haryana Forest Flora - A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India) ... (accessed: September 08, 2026)
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
अनंतमूल anantamul, सालसा salsa
दूधली dudhli
कपूरी kapuri
  • The Useful Plants of India (CSIR, Publications & Information Directorate)
  • Das, T. K. (2023, January). "Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Jharkhand" Regional-cum-Facilitation Centre, Eastern Region (RCFC-ER), National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB)
मग्रबू magrabu
  • The Useful Plants of India (CSIR, Publications & Information Directorate)
  • Das, T. K. (2023, January). "Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Jharkhand" Regional-cum-Facilitation Centre, Eastern Region (RCFC-ER), National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB)
  • Khandelwal, V. K. M., Balaraman, R., Ondrejcáková, M., Pancza, D., & Ravingerová, T. (2010). Effect of Hemidesmus indicus on ischemia–reperfusion injury in the isolated rat heart. Pharmaceutical Biology, 48(6), 611–614. ... (accessed: September 06, 2026)
  • मग्रबू (Magrabu): A highly unique regional phonetic variant documented in the 2023 Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Jharkhand (NMPB). It is a localized dialectal spin on the traditional Hindi folk name Magraba (मगरबा), which references the rough, crocodile-like skin of the plant's mature roots. ... compiled from the web.
सूगंदीपाला sugandi-pala
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
દુધેલી dudheli
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಅನಂತಮೂಲ anantamula
ಕೆಂಪು ಗಂಧಿ kempu gandhi, ನಾಮದ ಬೇರು naamada beru
ನನ್ನಾರಿ nannaari, ಸೊಗದೆ sogade, ಸುಗಂಧಿ sugandhi
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Koloma, Latin, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera
অনন্তমূল anantamul
~~~~~ KOL ~~~~~
written in: Warang Chiti (or Barang Kshiti, Varang Kshiti), Devanagari ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal ... spoken by: Kol people
गुआधेमदा guadhemda
  • Das, T. K. (2023, January). "Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Jharkhand" Regional-cum-Facilitation Centre, Eastern Region (RCFC-ER), National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB)
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
उपरसाळ uparsal
~~~~~ MAGADHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kaithi ... spoken in: Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal ... the colloquial, everyday name used by native speakers living in Bihar is strictly Magahi.
अनंतमूल anantmool, गहा gaha (or गह gaha)
  • Floristic Diversity of Banka - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)
  • Floristic Diversity of Munger - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)
  • Floristic Diversity of Nalanda - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)
  • Floristic Diversity of Nawada - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited) ... (downloaded: December 31, 2023)
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
നന്നാറി nannaari
നറുനീണ്ടി naruneendi
പാറവള്ളി paaravalli
~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मालवणी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra (only in the Sindhudurg district), north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) ... a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords
उपरसाळ uparsal
  • Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯑꯅꯟꯇꯥꯃꯨꯜ anantamul
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
अनंतमूळ anantmul, उपलसारी upalsari (or उपळसरी upalsari)
अनंतवेल (Anantvel): This name does not find any entry in the traditional Marathi lexicons. It appears to be a modern translation error. Linguistically combining Ananta (infinite) and Vel (climber) creates a morphological error, as the plant is celebrated for its sprawling, deep, "endless root system" (mool), rather than an endless trailing stem height. ... compiled from the web.
कावळ्याची मुळी kavalyachi muli
  • Maharashtra Genebank Programme - a multi-institutional project funded by Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission, Government of Maharashtra ... (downloaded: June 25, 2025)
  • कावळ्याची मुळी (Kavalyachi Muli): A brilliant local folk-botanical name used by forest-dwelling communities. Meaning "crow's root", it draws a visual comparison between the dark, deeply wrinkled, and knobby texture of the plant's mature rootstock and the rough talons of a crow. ... compiled from the web.
सारीवा sariva, उपरसाळ uparsal
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
तर्जमाला tarjamala
~~~~~ NAGPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नागपुरी), Kaithi (historically) ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha ... spoken by: Nagpuria people, also Nagpuri or Sadan ... other names for this language: Sadri, Sadani
चोटका-दूधी chotaka–dudhi, दूधिजेरी dudhijeri (or दूधजेरी dudhjeri / दुधिजेरी dudhijeri), दूधमाला dudhmala
दूदली dudli
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir
अनन्तमूल anantmool
  • Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... eFloraofIndia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଅଲ୍‌ସମ୍ କାନ୍ଦି alsum kandi, ଚେମିରି-ବାରମୂଳା chemiri-barmula, ଲାଡୁଗୋରା ladugora, ରାଇଗାଡ଼ି raigadi, ଥପା thapa
  • United Nations Development Programme & Ministry of Environment and Forests. (2012). Community Conserved Areas: Odisha and Madhya Pradesh – Directory. New Delhi, India. ... (downloaded: December 31, 2017)
  • These are tribal names, documented exclusively in field surveys by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and represent the living oral traditions of forest-dwelling communities. ... compiled from the web.
ଅନନ୍ତମୂଳ anantamula, କରାଳା karala, ଲଘୁଲତା laghulata, ନାଗ ଜିହ୍ୱା naga jihwa, ଶାରିବା sariba, ଶ୍ୟାମା shyama, ସୁଭଦ୍ରା subhadra, ସୁଗନ୍ଧା sugandha
ଦୁଧି dudhi, ଦୁଧଲେଃ dudholeh
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism
सारिबा sariba
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
عشبه ہندی aushbahe-hindi
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
अनन्तमूल anantamul, बकरी खलूडा bakri khaluda
  • Banswara - Forest Department - Rajasthan Government ... (downloaded: Sep 5, 2020)
  • बकरी खलूडा bakri khaluda — बकरी (Bakri) meaning "goat". Goats are the primary livestock in the rugged, rocky Aravalli terrain of southern Rajasthan. Tribal herders closely monitor what their animals graze on. Goats are notorious for navigating dense scrub forests to nibble on climbing vines. खलूडा / खलड़ा (Khaluda / Khalda) — In local Vagadi and Rajasthani dialects spoken around Banswara, Khaluda, Khalda, or Khala translates directly to "hide", "skin", or "rough leather" (often referring to animal skin or a rough pouch). This is a localized dialectal twin to the Jharkhand Hindi name — Magrabu / Magraba (crocodile hide). The name explicitly references the highly cracked, rough, corky, and leather-like bark texture found on the mature climbing stems and woody roots of Hemidesmus indicus. ... compiled from the web.
दूधली dudhli
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अनन्त ananta, भद्रवल्लिका bhadravallika, चिह्नधारिणी chihnadharini, गन्धवल्कल gandhavalkala, कराला karala
  • Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
अनन्तमूल anantamula, बल्य balya, सारिवा sariva (or शारिवा shariva)
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱥᱤᱝ analsing, ᱜᱟᱨᱜᱮᱨᱤ gargeri
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
அங்காரிகை ankarikai, அனந்தம் anantam, அருணை arunai, அருணினம் aruninam, சாரிபை caripai, இந்திரகெந்தம் intirakentam, இந்திரி intiri, கானனுசாரி kananucari, கிருட்டிணவல்லி kiruttinavalli, பாற்கொடி paṟkoti, பூப்பலகை puppalakai
  • for Indian Sarsaparilla ... University of Madras. Tamil lexicon. [Madras], University of Madras, 1924-1936.
அரக்கம் arakkam, மூலம் mulam, உற்கடம் urkatam
கோபி kopi, சாரிபம் caripam
நன்னாரி nannaari
சுகந்தி பாலை suganthi paalai
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అడవి పత్తితీగ adavi pattitige, నన్నారి nannaari, పాల చుక్కందేరు paala chukkanderu, సుగంధసాల sugandhasala, సుగంధి sugandhi (extended: బర్రిసుగంధి barri sugandhi, గేదె సుగంధి geda sugandhi), సుగంధిపాల sugandhipaala (or పాలసుగంధి paala sugandhi; extended: నల్లసుగంధిపాల nalla sugandhipaala, తెల్ల సుగంధిపాల thella sugandhipaala)
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
ཐལ་ཏྲེས་དཀར་པོ thal tras dkar po
ཐལ་ཏྲེས thal-tres
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕನ್ಯಾಬೂರು kanyaabooru (or ಕನ್ಯಬೂರು kanyabooru)
ನನ್ನಾರಿ ಬೂರು nanaari booru
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
سالسا salsa, سوگندي پالا sugandi-pala
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
~~~~~ Created on: 11:44 03-09-2026 ¦ Last updated: 11:22 09-09-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
Apocynaceae Asclepiadoideae Asclepiadaceae vine "Hemidesmus indicus" "Periploca indica" "Indian sarsaparilla"
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