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Arctium lappa |
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Asteraceae |
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Jangli Kuth, Greater Burdock, Miah (Zanskar), Birzung, Pitsuak, (Western Himalayas), Burdok (Lahaul) |
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Jangli Kuth |
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Jangli Kuth (Arcticum lappa) is a member of the Asteraceae family and is cultivated for its root, which is used as a medicine (in Traditional Chinese medicine) and vegetable (especially in Japan, Korea and Brazil).
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Arnebia benthamii |
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Boraginaceae |
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Arnebia, Birnjasif, Millfoil, Yarrow, Sanguinary. |
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Ratanjot |
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This highly valued Himalayan plant has enormous socio-cultural as well as medicinal significance, almost all parts of the plant being used for medicines, food, dyes and beverages. Arnebia benthamii is also known as Macrotomia... |
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Arnebia euchroma |
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Boraginaceae |
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Ratanjot (Hindi), Khuamed (Bhoti), Demok (Spiti, Zanskar) |
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Ratanjot, Khamed, Demok |
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Arnebia euchroma is a highly valued Himalayan plant that has socio-cultural and medicinal significance, with almost all parts of the plant being used for medicines, food, dyes and beverages. The plant is mainly harvested for... |
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Artemisia absinthium |
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Asteraceae |
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Bhurse, Vilayatiafsantin, Warmot, Wormwood, Madderwort, Mingwort |
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Warmot, Wormwood, Bhurse, Vilayatiafsantin |
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Artemisia absinthium, like other members of the genus Artemisisa, is poisonous if used in large quantities. The name of the plant comes from apsinthion, which means unenjoyable in Greek and refers to the bitter... |
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Artemisia brevifolia |
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Asteraceae |
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Burse, Burse Khampa (Lahaul, Spiti), Seinski, Nurcha, Santonin plant |
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Santonin plant, wormseed, sea wormwood |
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This strongly aromatic, shrubby perennial is one of the dominant species of the cold deserts of the Himalayas. The flowering shoots and leaves are valued for their medicinal purposes, as a flavouring agent and... |
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Atropa acuminata |
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Solanaceae |
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Indian belladonna, Jharka, Indian belladonna, Jalgi, Deadly night shade, Rub luffah |
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Indian Belladona |
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The Indian belladonna is a poisonous plant, similar to the deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. The plant is used to prepare an important drug because of its medicinal properties found in the roots, foliage and flowers. The... |
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Berberis aristata |
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Berberidaceae |
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Indian Berberry, Tree turmeric, Darhaldi (Bengal), Kashmoi (Garhwal), Rasont, Kashmal (Himachal Pradesh), Chitra, Chutro (Nepal), Chitra, Kasmal, |
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Indian Berberry |
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Berberis aristata is a medicinally important, perennial herb of the temperate to alpine regions of Indian Himalayas. Since ancient times, this shrub has been usedin traditional medicine and also finds mention in... |
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Bergenia stracheyi |
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Saxifragaceae |
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Kongli (Tibet), Dak–kya–hawo, Gatikpa (Spiti), Shilphor (Uttaranchal) |
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Pashanbheda |
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It is a common resident of shady ravines, rocky edges and moist, well-shaded slopes. This plant may be identified by pink drooping clusters of flowers and large thick leaves with sheathing leaf bases that protect the flowering... |
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Betula utilis |
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Betulaceae |
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Bhojpatra, Bhujpatra (Uttaranchal), Chattrapatra, Bindupatra, Vidyadata, shag (Spiti) etc. |
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Bhojpatra, bhurjapatra |
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All the members of the Betula species are distinguished by a membranous outer bark that peels off readily in paper-like strips. In fact, an old Sanskrit word, Bhurja, from which the name birch may have been derived, means... |
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