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Thymus serpyllum |
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Labiatae / Lamiaceae |
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Wild Thyme, Creeping thyme, Banajwain (Hindi), Masho, Marizha (Punjabi), Lepto, Lepte, Pangduma, Padumba, Kochi, Masha (Lahaul) |
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Banajwain |
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Thymus serpyllum, also known as wild thyme can be distinguished by its purple flowers, which give colour to the Himalayan hillsides when they are abloom in the months of September and October. The plant is known to be a drought... |
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Urtica dioica |
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Urticaceae |
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Stinging nettle, Bicchu ghaas, Kandali (Joshimath), Chichun |
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Stinging nettle |
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Urtica dioica is a herbaceous flowering plant, native to Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America and is the best-known member of the genus Urtica. This species has spiny hairs or stinging trichomes, whose tips come off... |
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Valeriana hardwickii |
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Valerianaceae |
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Muskbala, Tagar, Nihani, Nakli jatamansi |
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Data not available |
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Valeriana hardwickii is highly valued as a medicinal plant like Valeriana jatamansi which is also famous for its medicinal properties. Due to heavy extraction from the wild, the population of this species has been declining and... |
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Verbascum thapsus |
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Scrophulariaceae |
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Akalbir, Bantamaku (Joshimath); Gidar tamaku, Ban tamaku (Hindi), Common mullein, Cow’s Lungwort |
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Mullein |
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This is a species is native to Europe, northern Africa and Asia and introduced in America and Australia. The plant has several uses and is widely used in herbal medicinal preparations. It spreads prolifically by producing seeds... |
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Viola odorata |
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Violaceae |
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Wild/sweet violet, English violet, Marsh violet, Nirbishi (Joshimath), Vanafsha (Hindi) |
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Sweet Violet |
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Viola odorata is a medicinal herb, which is valued for its medicinal properties. It has been used in the treatment of several diseases both in the Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicine. A long account of its properties was... |
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Zanthoxylum armatum |
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Rutaceae |
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Toothache tree, Timoor, Tejbal (Gujarat), Tejbel (Orissa), Nepali Dhania (Hindi), Tejphal, Tumru |
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Not available |
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Zanthoxylum is a large genus of the family Rutaceae characterized by aromatic, prickly trees or shrubs whose bark is generally medicinally important.
Habitat and ecology: It occurs... |
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