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Azadirachta indica A. Juss. |
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Meliaceae |
| Common Name: |
Margosa tree |
| Local Name: |
Neem, Nim, Nimba, Neem-pah (Tawang), Neem (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Nimba, Pichumard, Arishta, Hinguniryasa |
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Neem is very well known tree of India. The tree has pinnate leaves, flowers are small, white, and in short axillary bunches. Fruits 1.2- 1.8 cm. long green or yellow; seed one in each fruit. It is found... |
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Bergenia stracheyi (Hook f. & Thomas) Engl. |
| Family: |
Saxifragaceae |
| Common Name: |
Aconite, Monk’s hood, Vatsanabh, Mithavish, Safed Vish, Dudhia Vish |
| Local Name: |
Shilpada (Lahaul), Shilpada (Spiti), sha por chii (Tibetan), Pashanbheda (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Pashanbheda |
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The plant is distinguished by its large thick leaves with a stout flowering stem arising from the rootstock. It is an erect, fleshy, perennial herb with leaves that are obovate and ciliate. The flowers are... |
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Berginia ciliata (How.) Sternb. |
| Family: |
Ranunculaceae |
| Common Name: |
Aconite, Monk’s hood, Vatsanabh, Mithavish, Safed Vish, Dudhia Vish |
| Local Name: |
Patharchat (Lahaul) Pakhanbheda, Silphara, Patharchur (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Pashanbhed, Ashmaghan |
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It is a rhizomatic perennial herb, which grows in rocky and shady places. The stem is short, thick and fleshy. The leaves stalked, ovate or orbicular and cordate. The margins are fringed with short and stiff... |
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Betula utilis D.Don |
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Betulaceae |
| Common Name: |
Birch tree, Bhurjapatra, Bhojpatra |
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Bhojpatra, bhujpatra (Himachal), Shag (Lahaul), Bhojra, Bhujpat (Joshimath), Bhojpatra (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Bhurjpatra, Lehyapatrak |
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This plant can be easily distinguished by the nature of its bark, which gets peeled off easily from the main trunk in layers on which one can write. Betula is a small deciduous tree with white bark and... |
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Bunium persicum (Boiss.) Fedt. |
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Apiaceae |
| Common Name: |
Kala-jirah, Krishnajeerak |
| Local Name: |
Kala-jirah (Lahaul), Siah-zirah, Kala-zirah (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Kala Ajagi |
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Bunium is an erect, profusely branched herb growing up to a height of 20-70 cm. The leaves are 2-3 pinnatisect with filiform segments. The lower leaves are petiolate while the upper leaves are sessile. The... |
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Cannabis sativa Linn. |
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Cannabinaceae |
| Common Name: |
Indian hemp, Ganja, Hashish, Vijaya |
| Local Name: |
Bhonga-nagpo (Lahaul), Bhang (Joshimath), Bhang (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Bhanga, Madani, Matulani |
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The plant can be distinguished by its strong characteristic smell. It is an erect annual herb with digitate leaves. The stem is slender, grooved and finely tomentose while the leaves are alternate, palmate... |
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Capparis spinosa Linn. |
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Capparidaceae |
| Common Name: |
Caper Bush |
| Local Name: |
Rohtokpa-Martokpa, Kabra (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Himsra, Kartotti, Kakadani |
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It is a spreading shrubby plant with two ranks of rounded leathery leaves with spiny branches. The whitish to pinkish flowers are large, solitary and axillary with numerous long purplish stamens and a long... |
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| Species: |
Carum carvi Linn. |
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Apiaceae |
| Common Name: |
Shia-zira, Caraway |
| Local Name: |
Shingujira (Lahaul), Shia-zira, Kala-jira (Joshimath), Gonyod (Spiti), Gonyod (Spiti), Go-nyo (Tawang), Siah-jeera (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Krishna-jeerak |
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It is an annual or biennial herb growing up to a height of 50-70 cm with thick tuberous roots and glabrous stem, compound leaves with linear segments and small white flowers in umbels. The stem bears... |
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Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) Loud. |
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Pinaceae |
| Common Name: |
Cedarwood |
| Local Name: |
Devdaru, Devdar, Kewli, Kelon (Joshimath), Devdar (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Devdaru, Bhadradaru, Surbhurah |
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The name deodar means ‘wood of the gods’ and comes from the Sankrit language (dev = god + daru = wood). The tree is considered holy across northern india and its wood and needles are used in... |
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