Dictionary of Indian Herbs.

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The first updated source of Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha synonyms of their botanical counterparts, after a gap of more than 30 years More than 2000 medicinal plants and more than 100 species of non-Indian origin are covered Pharmacognosy experts have selected important herbs and included them in the dictionary as four colour photographs under the "Crude Herb Identification Guide" section In an easy to use dictionary style of AZ presentation, this volume lists the taxonomy and medicinal usage of Indian plants. Also given are both traditional Indian and international synonyms along with details of the habitats of the plants. This book, illustrated by over 550 full-color figures, is aimed at bringing out an updated Acute Study Dictionary of plant sources of Indian medicine. The text is based on authentic treatises which are the outcome of scientific screening and critical evaluation by eminent scholars. Readers, if they so desire, can always refer back to a particular research paper cited in the original source. Pharmacognosy experts have selected important herbs, which were specially collected from leading pharamaceutical companies and pharmacopoeial laboratories and included in the dictionary as four colour photographs under the "Crude Herb Identification Guide" section. This is a unique feature and makes it an exclusive treat. The Dictionary is presented in a user-friendly format, as a compact, handy, easy to use and moderately priced one-volume reference work. Springer-Verlag Heidelberg published C.P.Khares Encyclopedia of Indian Medicinal Plants which contained 400 monographs comprising classical as well as contemporary research findings. Indian Medicinal Plants. An Illustrated Dictionary is the second major one-volume reference work by C.P.Khare which has been dedicated to the distinguished scientist, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, who did pioneering work by reviving the glory of medicinal and aromatic plants in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Scientific monographs of The Wealth of India series (17 volumes) have been capsulised in the dictionary and corroborated with the judicious findings of German Commission E, European Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP) and WHO. Therapeutic leads, active indications and contraindications are salient features of the core text. These are based on herbal pharmacopoeias, compendiums and latest editions of standard reference works like PDR for Herbal Medicines, (Laurance) Review of Natural Products, Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. Leads for further research have been provided at a number of places. The Dictionary is the first updated source of Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha synonyms of their botanical counterparts, after a gap of more than 30 years. The synonyms which appeared in

The Wealth of India series (1948-1976) and in Chopras Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (1956) have been updated till January, 2007. More than 2000 medicinal plants of The Ayurvedic Formulary of India and The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India and more than 100 species of non-Indian origin, incorporated in National Formulary of Unani Medicine have been covered in the Dictionary. Divergent sources of Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha herbs have been identified and a number of controversies have been sorted out. Pharmacognosy experts have selected important herbs, which were specially collected from leading pharamaceutical companies and pharmacopoeial laboratories and included in the dictionary as four colour photographs under the Crude Herb Identification Guide section. This is a unique feature and makes it an exclusive treat. The Dictionary has been presented in a user-friendly format, as a compact, handy, easy to use and moderately priced one-volume reference work. It unfolds hidden virtues and potentials of Indian herbs for busy professionals, researchers, practitioners of herbal as well as modern medicine, and library frequenters. It will prove a ready information source for students of botany, economic botany, pharmacy, agricultural and medical sciences, who aspire to have an edge over others and are keen to keep themselves abreast of the times. Contents: A Abelmoschus esculentus 1 Abelmoschus moschatus 308 Abies alba 2 Abies larix 363 Abies pindrow 1 Abies smithiana 484 Abies spectabilis 2, 270 Abies webbiana 1, 2, 270, 546 Abroma augusta 2 Abrus 93 Abrus fruticulosus 3 Abrus laevigatus 3 Abrus precatorius 3 Abrus pulchellus 3 Absinthium officinale 63 Absinthium vulgare 63 Abuta grandiflora 152 Abutilon asiaticum 4 Abutilon avicennae 4 Abutilon fruticosum 4 Abutilon glaucum 4 Abutilon graveolens 4 Abutilon hirtum 4 Abutilon indicum 3, 4, 563 Abutilon muticum 4 Abutilon persicum 4 Abutilon polyandrum 4 Abutilon theophrastii 4 Acacia alba 7 Acacia arabica 4 Acacia benthamii 5 Acacia caesia 8 Acacia canescens 5 Acacia catechu 5, 6, 8 Acacia chundra 6 Acacia concinna 6 Acacia farnesiana 7 Acacia ferruginea 8 Acacia intsia 8 Acacia leucophloea 7 Acacia nilotica 4, 5 Acacia pennata 8, 9 Acacia polycantha 8 Acacia rugata 6 Acacia senegal 8 Acacia sinuata 6 Acacia suma 8 Acacia sundra 6 Acacia torta 5, 8 Acacia verek 8 Acalypha ciliata 9 Acalypha fruticosa 9 Acalypha indica 9 Acanthospermum hispidum 9, 669 Acanthus ilicifolius 10 Acca sellowiana 261 Achillea lanulosa 10 Achillea millefolium 8, 368 Achras zapota 11 Achyranthes aquatica 166 Achyranthes aspera 11 Achyranthes bidentata 12 Achyranthes rubra-fusca 12 Achyranthes verschaffeltii 12 Aconitum atrox 12 Aconitum balfourii 12 Aconitum bisma 15 Aconitum chasmanthum 12, 13 Aconitum deinorrhizum 13 Aconitum falconeri 13 Aconitum ferox 13, 14, 15 Aconitum heterophyllum 14 Aconitum laciniatum 15 Aconitum luridum 15 Aconitum nepellus 13, 14 Aconitum palmatum 15 Aconitum spicatum 15 Aconitum violaceum 15 Acorus calamus 16, 17 778 Index Acorus gramineus 16 Actaea acuminata 17 Actaea spicata 17 Actea alba 147 Actea pachypoda 147 Actea rubra 147 Actiniopteris australis 17 Actiniopteris dichotoma 17 Actiniopteris radiata 17 Actinodaphne angustifolia 17 Actinodaphne hookeri 17 Actinopteris dichotoma 234 Adansonia digitata 18 Adelia neriifolia 314 Adenanthera pavonina 18

Adenema hyssopifolium 239 Adhatoda beddomei 19 Adhatoda vasica 18, 19, 478 Adhatoda zeylanica 18 Adiantum aethiopicum 19 Adiantum capillus-veneris 19, 20 Adiantum caudatum 20 Adiantum emarginatum 19 Adiantum incisum 20 Adiantum lunulatum 20 Adiantum philippense 20 Adiantum venustum 20 Adina cordifolia 20 Aegle marmelos 21, 104 Aeilema scapiflorum 425 Aeilema tuberosum 425 Aerva javanica 21 Aerva lanata 22, 90, 440 Aerva persica 21 Aerva sanguinolenta 22 Aerva scandens 22 Aerva tomentosa 21 Aesculus hippocastanum 22 Aesculus indica 23 Aframomum korarima 23 Aframomum melegueta 23 Aganosma calycina 24 Aganosma caryophyllata 24 Aganosma dichotoma 24 Agaricus albus 24 Agaricus campestris 24 Agaricus ostreatus 25 Agati grandiflora 600 Agave americana 25 Ageratum conyzoides 25 Aglaia elaeagnoidea 25 Aglaia roxburghiana 25, 112 Agrimonia eupatoria 26 Agrimonia pilosa 26 Agropyron repens 26 Ailanthus altissima 27 Ailanthus excelsa 27 Ailanthus glandulosa 27 Ailanthus malabarica 28 Ailanthus triphysa 28 Ainsliaea aptera 28 Ainsliaea latifolia 28 Aisandra butyracea 391 Ajuga bracteosa 28 Alangium begoniaefolium 29 Alangium chinense 29 Alangium lamarckii 29 Alangium salviifolium 29 Albizia amara 29, 709 Albizia julibrissin 30 Albizia lebbeck 30 Albizia odoratissima 709 Albizia procera 30 Aleurites fordii 31 Aleurites moluccana 31 Aleurites triloba 31 Alhagi camelorum 31 Alhagi maurorum 31 Alhagi pseudalhagi 31, 259 Alkanna tinctoria 32, 427, 449 Allemanda cathartica 32 Allium ameloprasum 34 Allium ascalonicum 32 Allium cepa 33 Allium fistulosum 33 Allium leptophyllum 35 Allium macleanii 34, 452 Allium macrostemon 33 Allium porrum 34 Allium sativum 34 Allium schoenoprasum 35 Allium tuberosum 35 Alocasia indica 35, 541 Alocasia macrorrhiza 35 Aloe barbadensis 36 Aloe indica 36 Aloe littoralis 36 Aloe vera 36 Alpinia galanga 37, 38, 500, 695 Alpinia malaccensis 37 Alpinia officinarum 37 Alpinia speciosa 38 Alpinia zerumbet 38 Alsine media 624 Alstonia constricta 39 Alstonia scholaris 38, 39, 664 Alstonia venenata 39 Alternanthera denticulata 39 Alternanthera repens 39 Alternanthera sessilis 39 Alternanthera triandra 39 Althaea officinalis 40, 395 Althaea rosea 40 Altingia excelsa 40, 631 Amanita muscaria 40 Amanita pantherina 41 Amanita phalloides 606 Amaranthus blitum 41 Amaranthus caudatus 41 Amaranthus gangeticus 42, 643 Amaranthus hypochondriacus 41 Amaranthus melancholicus 42 Amaranthus polygamus 42 Amaranthus spinosus 41 Amaranthus tricolor 42 Amaranthus tristis 42 Amberoa divaricata 42, 713 Ambroma augusta 2 Ammannia baccifera 42 Ammi majus 43 Ammi visnaga 43 Amomum aromaticum 44 Amomum melegueta 23 Amomum spurium 734 Amomum subulatum 44 Amomum sylvestre 734 Amoora cucullata 44 Amoora rohituka 56, 649 Amorphophallus campanulatus 45 Amorphophallus konjac 45 Amorphophallus paeoniifolius 642 Amorphophallus sylvaticus 45 Amphicome emodi 44 Amygdalus communis 45 Amygdalus persica 45, 521 Anacardium occidentale 46 Anacyclus officinarum 46 Anacyclus pyrethrum 46, 622 Anagallis arvensis 47 Anamirta cocculus 47 Anamirta paniculata 47 Ananas comosus 48 Anaphalis contorta 48 Anaphalis neelgerriana 48 Anastatica hierochuntica 48 Anchusa azurea 49 Anchusa italica 49 Anchusa strigosa 234 Andrographis echioides 49 Andrographis paniculata 49, 632 Andropogon citratus 191 Andropogon exilis 588 Andropogon jwarancusa 191 Andropogon martinii 192 Andropogon muricatus 50, 701 Andropogon nardus 192 Andropogon schoenanthus 192 Andropogon sorghum 619 Andropogon squarrosus 701 Anemone obtusiloba 50, 427 Anemone pulsatilla 50 Anethum graveolens 51 Anethum sowa 51 Angelica archangelica 51 Angelica glauca 52 Anisochilus carnosus 52 Anisomeles malabarica 53 Annona cherimola 53 Annona muricata 53 Annona reticulata 53 Annona squamosa 53 Anogeissus acuminata 54 Anogeissus latifolia 54 Anthemis nobilis 54, 55, 400 Anthistiria gigantea 658 Anthocephalus cadamba 55, 417 Anthocephalus chinensis 55 Anthocephalus indicus 55 Anthriscus cerefolium 473 Antiaris

toxicaria

55

Aphanamixis

polystachya

56

Apium

crispum

475

Apium graveolens 56 Apium leptophyllum 57 Aplotaxis auriculata 586 Aquilaria agallocha 57 Aquilaria malaccensis 57 Arachis hypogaea 58 Aralia binnatifida 58 Aralia pseudo-ginseng 58 Arctium lappa 58 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 59 Areca catechu 59 Argemone mexicana 60, 100, 253 Argyreia elliptica 371 Argyreia nervosa 60, 61, 83, 334 Argyreia speciosa 60, 61, 334 Aristolochia bracteata 61 Aristolochia bracteolata 61 Aristolochia indica 61, 450 Aristolochia longa 62 Armoracia lapathifolia 62 Armoracia rusticana 62, 163 Arnebia benthamii 63 Arnica montana 223 Artabotrys hexapetalus 63 Artabotrys odoratissimus 63 Artemisia absinthium 63 Artemisia lacrorum 65 Artemisia maderaspatana 294 Artemisia maritima 64 Artemisia nilagirica 65 Artemisia officinale 63 Artemisia parviflora 65 Artemisia scoparia 338 Artemisia siversiana 65 Artemisia stechmaniana 64 Artemisia vestita 64 Artemisia vulgaris 65, 368 Artocarpus heterophyllus 65 Artocarpus integrifolia 25, 65 Artocarpus lacucha 66 Artocarpus lakoocha 66 Arundo bambos 80 Arundo donax 66 Asarum europaeum 67, 692 Asclepias annularis 313 Asclepias curassavica 67 Asclepias tuberosa 68 Asparagus adscendens 68, 142 Asparagus curillus 69 Asparagus filicinus 69 Asparagus gracilis 69 Asparagus officinalis 68 Asparagus racemosus 68, 507, 508 Asparagus sarmentosus 69 Asphodelus fistulosus 69 Asphodelus tenuifolius 33, 69 Aspidium filix 226 Aspidopterys indica 70 Aspidopterys roxburghiana 70 Asplenium adiantoides 70 Asplenium adiantum-nigrum 70 Asplenium ceterach 307 Asplenium falcatum 70 Asplenium laciniatum 70 Asplenium nidus 70 Asteracantha longifolia 70, 317 Astragalus candolleanus 71 Astragalus gummifer 71, 72 Astragalus hamosus 71, 676 Astragalus sarcocola 72 Astragalus strobiliferus 72 Atalantia floribunda 72 Atalantia monophylla 72 Atropa acuminata 72 Atropa belladonna 72, 73, 204, 396, 592 Atylosia barbata 73 Atylosia goensis 73 Atylosia scarabaeoides 73 Avena byzantina 73 Avena sativa 73 Averrhoa bilimbi 74 Averrhoa carambola 74 Avicennia alba 75 Avicennia officinalis 75 Azadirachta indica 75, 403 Azanza lampas 658 Azima tetracantha 76 B Bacopa monnieri 77, 152 Balanites aegyptiaca 77, 584 Balanites roxburghii 77 Balanophora involucrata 78 Balanophora polyandra 78 Baliospermum axillare 78 Baliospermum calycinum 78 Baliospermum montanum 78, 180, 346 Baliospermum polyandrum 78 Balsamodendron caudatum 79 Balsamodendron mukul 79 Balsamodendron myrrha 79 Balsamodendron opobalsamum 80 Bambusa arundinacea 80 Bambusa bambos 80 Banksea speciosa 587 Barbarea vulgaris 81 Barleria buxifolia 81 Barleria cristata 82 Barleria prionitis 82, 440, 603 Barleria strigosa 83 Barringtonia acutangula 83 Barringtonia racemosa 83 Basella alba 83 Basella rubra 83 Bassia latifolia 392 Bassia longifolia 84, 392 Bassia malabarica 392 Bassia neriifolia 392 Bauhinia acuminata 85 Bauhinia candida 86 Bauhinia malabarica 85 Bauhinia purpurea 85 Bauhinia racemosa 85 Bauhinia retusa 86 Bauhinia semla 86 Bauhinia tomentosa 86 Bauhinia variegata 86 Begonia laciniata 87 Begonia palmata 87 Belamcanda chinensis 87 Benincasa cerifera 88 Benincasa hispida 88 Berberis aristata 88, 89 Berberis asiatica 88 Berberis chitria 89 Berberis lycium 88 Berberis nepalensis 393 Berberis ulicina 89 Berberis vulgaris 89 Bergenia ciliata 90 Bergenia ligulata 22, 43, 90 Beta vulgaris 91 Betula acuminata 91, 92 Betula alba 92 Betula alnoides 91 Betula bhojpattra 91 Betula pendula 92 Betula utilis 91, 92 Bidens chinensis 92 Bidens pilosa 92 Bignonia stans 648 Bignonia undulata 649 Bignonia xylocarpa

535 Biophytum sensitivum 92 Biota orientalis 660 Bistorta affinis 508 Bixa orellana 93 Blepharis edulis 93, 362 Blepharis linariaefolia 94 Blepharis molluginifolia 94 Blepharis persica 93 Blepharis sindica 94 Blepharispermum subsessile 37, 94 Blumea balsamifera 94 Blumea densiflora 94 Blumea eriantha 95 Blumea fastulosa 95 Blumea glomerata 95 Blumea lacera 95 Boerhavia chinensis 96 Boerhavia diffusa 96, 668, 669 Boerhavia erecta 96, 668 Boerhavia procumbens 96 Boerhavia punarnava 96, 668 Boerhavia repanda 96 Boerhavia repens 96 Boerhavia verticillata 96 Bombax ceiba 97, 573 Bombax insigne 574 Bombax malabaricum 573 Borago officinalis 97, 449 Borassus flabellifer 97, 590 Borreria articularis 98, 620 Borreria hispida 98, 620 Boswellia serrata 98 Brassica alba 99 Brassica campestris 99 Brassica juncea 100 Brassica juneja 99 Brassica napus 100 Brassica nigra 101 Brayera anthelmintica 101 Breynia patens 101 Breynia retusa 101 Bridelia montana 101, 655 Bridelia retusa 102 Brucea javanica 548 Brucea sativa 102 Brucea subtlis 102 Brugmansia suaveolens 102 Brunella vulgaris 103 Bryonia alba 396 Bryonia callosa 182 Bryonia laciniosa 103 Bryonia rostrata 353 Bryonia scabrella 407 Bryonopsis laciniosa 103 Bryophyllum calycinum 103, 352 Bryophyllum pinnatum 21, 103, 352 Buchanania angustifolia 104 Buchanania axillaris 104 Buchanania lanzan 104 Buchanania latifolia 104 Bunium persicum 124 Bupleurum 141 Bupleurum flacutum 105 Butea frondosa 105 Butea monosperma 105 Butea parviflora 106 Butea superba 106 Buxus sempervirens 106 Buxus wallichiana 106 C Caccinia crassifolia 107 Caccinia glauca 107 Cadaba farinosa 107 Cadaba fruticosa 107 Cadaba indica 107 Caesalpinia bonduc 107, 108 Caesalpinia bonducella 107 Caesalpinia coriaria 108 Caesalpinia crista 107 Caesalpinia digyna 108, 715 Caesalpinia pulcherrima 109 Caesalpinia sappan 109 Cailliea cinerea 212 Cajanus cajan 110, 222 Cajanus indicus 110 Calamus amarus 111 Calamus draco 199 Calamus jenkinsianus 199 Calamus rotang 110, 111 Calamus roxburghii 110 Calamus tenuis 111, 199 Calamus travancoricus 111 Calendula officinalis 111 Callicarpa incana 112 Callicarpa macrophylla 112, 521, 602 Calonyction bona-nox 331 Calonyction aculeatum 331 Calophyllum apetalum 112 Calophyllum inophyllum 112 Calophyllum wightianum 112 Calotropis gigantea 113 Calotropis procera 113 Caltha palustris 114 Calycopteris floribunda 114 Camellia sinensis 114 Camellia thea 115 Canarium commune 115 Canarium sikkimense 115, 116 Canarium strictum 115 Canarium vulgare 115 Cannabis indica 116, 579 Cannabis sativa 116 Canscora decussata 116, 117, 162 Canscora diffusa 117 Canscora lawii 117 Canthium parviflorum 117 Capparis aphylla 117 Capparis decidua 117 Capparis horrida 119 Capparis moonii 118 Capparis sepiaria 118 Capparis spinosa 118 Capparis zeylanica 119 Capsella bursa-pastoris 119 Capsicum annuum 119 Capsicum frutescens 120 Carallia brachiata 120 Carallia integerrima 120 Carallia lucida 120 Carapa granatum 724 Cardiospermum halicacabum 121 Carduus bendictus 713 Carduus heteromallus 586 Carduus nutans 713

Careya arborea 122 Careya herbacea 122 Carica papaya 122, 629 Carissa carandas 123 Carissa opaca 123 Carissa paucinervia 123 Carissa spinarum 123 Carmona microphylla 231 Carthamus oxyacantha 124 Carthamus tinctorius 123 Carum bulbocastanum 124, 184 Carum carvi 124, 184 Carum copticum 665 Carum roxburghianum 665 Carvia callosa 628 Caryophyllus aromaticus 636 Casearia elliptica 125 Casearia esculenta 125 Casearia ovata 125 Casearia tomentosa 125 Casearia zeylanica 125 Cassia absus 126 Cassia alata 126 Cassia acutifolia 127 Cassia angustifolia 127 Cassia auriculata 127 Cassia fistula 128, 525

Cassia javanica 128 Cassia obovata 128 Cassia obtusa 128 Cassia obtusifolia 129 Cassia occidentalis 129 Cassia rhombifolia 128 Cassia senna 127 Cassia sophera 129 Cassia tora 130 Cassine glauca 233 Cassytha filiformis 130 Castanea dentata 131 Castanea sativa 131 Castanea vulgaris 131 Casuarina equisetifolia 131 Catharanthus pusillus 705 Catharanthus roseus 131, 132, 705 Catunaregam uliginosa 536 Caulophyllum thalictroides 147 Cayratia carnosa 132 Cayratia pedata 132 Cayratia trifolia 132 Cedrela toona 132, 641 Cedrus deodara 133, 505 Cedrus libani 133 Ceiba pentandra 134 Celastrus paniculatus 134 Celosia argentea 135 Celosia cristata 135, 234 Celus vettiveroides 468 Centaurea behen 135, 575 Centaurium roxburghii 245 Centella asiatica 77, 136, 170 Centipeda minima 137 Centipeda orbicularis 137 Centratherum anthelminticum 137, 523 Cephaelis ipecacuanha 24, 138, 284, 434 Cephalandra indica 162 Ceratonia siliqua 138 Ceratophyllum demersum 138, 695 Cereus grandiflorus 139, 595 Ceriops candolleana 139 Ceriops tagal 139 Ceriscoides turgida 282 Ceropegia biflora 139 Ceropegia bulbosa 139 Ceropegia candelabrum 140 Ceropegia intermedia 140 Ceropegia juncea 140 Ceropegia tuberosa 140 Ceterach officinarum 307 Cetraria islandica 140 Chamaemelum nobile 54, 400 Chamomilla recutita 400 Cheiranthus cheiri 140 Chenopodium album 141 Chenopodium ambrosioides 141 Chenopodium botrys 142 Chloris gayana 142 Chloris incompleta 142 Chloris virgata 142 Chlorophytum arundinaceum 68, 142, 143 Chlorophytum attenuatum 143 Chlorophytum indicum 143 Chlorophytum tuberosum 143 Chloroxylon swietenia 143 Chondodendron tomentosum 143 Chonemorpha fragrans 144 Chonemorpha macrophylla 144