Table 1
Indian medicinal plants cited as aphrodisiac in traditional literature.
Name of plants Family Parts Voucher number
Asparagus racemosus Willd. Liliaceae Root NPL/CD/001
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Willd. Mimosaceae Bark NPL/CD/004
Emblica officinalis Gaertn./Phyllanthus emblica Linn. Euphorbiacea Fruit rind NPL/CD/012
Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn. Fabaceae Root NPL/CD/013
Terminalia chebula Retz. Combretaceae Fruit rind NPL/CD/020
Tribulus terrestris Linn. Zygophyllaceae Whole plant NPL/CD/021
Myristica fragrans Houtt. Myristicaceae Fruit NPL/CD/036
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers. ex Hk. f. & Th. Menispermaceae Stem NPL/CD/037
Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC. Fabaceae Tuber NPL/CD/042
Butea frondosa Koenig ex Roxb. Fabaceae Stem bark NPL/CD/095
Cinnamomum cassia Blume. Lauraceae Stem bark NPL/MS/169170
Celastrus paniculatus Willd. Celastraceae Seed NPL/CD/223
Mangifera indica Linn. Anacardiaceae Leaf NPL/CD/226
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. Solanaceae Root NPL/CD/303
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels/Eugenia jambolana Lamk. Myrtaceae Fruit NPL/CD/368
Syzygium aromaticum (Linn.) Merrill and Perry. Myrtaceae Flower bud NPL/CD/408
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. Hypoxidaceae Root NPL/CD/429
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. Fabaceae Seed NPL/CD/480
Sida cordifolia Linn. Malvaceae Stem NPL/CD/511
Vitis vinifera Linn. Vitaceae Fruit NPL/CD/527
Pedalium murex L. Pedaliaceae Aerial part NPL/CD/598
Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd./B. bambos (Linn.) Voss. Poaceae Stem NPL/CD/641
Phoenix sylvestris Roxb. Palmae/Arecaceae Fruit NPL/CD/704
Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. Asteraceae Flower head NPL/CD/881
Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. Cucurbiaceae Fruit NPL/CD/925
Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant. et Fernad. Liliaceae Root NPL/CD/932
Asparagus adscendens Roxb. Liliaceae Root NPL/CD/948
Butea superba Roxb. Fabaceae/Papilionaceae Stem bark NPL/CD/989
Piper betle Linn. Piperaceae Leaf NPL/CD/1019
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. Muell. Violaceae Whole plant NPL/CD/1020