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Rubia cordifolia Linn. |
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Rubiaceae |
| Common Name: |
Manjistha, Indian madder |
| Local Name: |
Manjit, Manjith, Manjisth (Joshimath), Manjith (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Manjishtha, Viksa, Yojanvalli |
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The plant is a perennial, herbaceous prickly climbing plant, with very long cylindrical, flexuous roots with a thin red bark. The stems are long, rough and grooved. The bark is white, branches scandent by... |
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Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. |
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Sapindaceae |
| Common Name: |
Soapnut tree of North India |
| Local Name: |
Reetha (Joshimath), Reetha (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Arishtak, Phenil |
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The plant is a very handsome deciduous tree, up to 18 m or more in height and about 1-8 m in girth. The bark is dark greenish or grey and fairly smooth. The leaves are alternate, parapinnate, 30-50 cm long... |
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| Species: |
Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch. |
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Asteraceae |
| Common Name: |
Kuth |
| Local Name: |
Shafor-eutha, Kuth (Lahaul), Rusta (Ladakh and Spiti), Kuth (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Kuth, kushta |
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It is a tall robust perennial pubescent herb growing up to 2 m. The basal leaves are large triangular and long-stalked. All leaves are irregularly toothed. The stem has a dense rounded terminal cluster of... |
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| Species: |
Syzygium cumini (Linn.) Skeels. |
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Myrtaceae |
| Common Name: |
Aconite, Monk’s hood, Vatsanabh, Mithavish, Safed Vish, Dudhia Vish |
| Local Name: |
Jambhul Jamlu, Jamun (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Jambu, Mahaphala, Phalendra |
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It is a tall tree growing up to a height of 100 feet and width of 12 feet. The leaves are 3-6 inches long, 2-3 inches wide and very shiny. The flowers are greenish white in colour. It is a common tree in India and found... |
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Taraxacum officinale Wigg. |
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Asteraceae |
| Common Name: |
Dudhi, Common dandelion |
| Local Name: |
Sia-mentok, Quanti (Lahaul), Sarkhen, Mendok (Spiti), Rasuke (Ladakh), Dudhli (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Dugdhapheni, Payaswini |
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Taraxacum officinale has shiny-toothed leaves, which give the plant its common name of dandelion (an adaptation of the French ‘dent de lion’ or lion’s tooth). The plant is a small erect perennial herb... |
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Terminalia arjuna W. & A. |
| Family: |
Combretaceae |
| Common Name: |
Arjuna |
| Local Name: |
Arjuna, Arjun, Arjan (Joshimath), Arjuna (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Arjuna, Dhawal, Kakubh, Virvriksha |
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It is a large tree with smooth and thick bark, which is greenish white in colour and flaking off in large flat pieces. The leaves are usually sub opposite oblong or elliptic oblong and pale brown beneath. The flowers are... |
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| Species: |
Terminalia bellirica Roxb |
| Family: |
Combretaceae |
| Common Name: |
Bahera / Belliric-myrobalan |
| Local Name: |
Bahera, Bahira, Vibhitaki, Bibhitak (Joshimath), Bahera (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Bibhitak, Karshphal, Kalidrum |
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It is a large deciduous tree growing up to a height of 20-30 m tall. The leaves are alternate, entire, smooth, stalked, broadly ovate with cuneate base and clustered at the end of the branches. The flowers are small, pale... |
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| Species: |
Terminalia chebula Retz |
| Family: |
Comberataceae |
| Common Name: |
Chebulic myrobalan |
| Local Name: |
Bhonga-nagpo (Lahaul), Harr, Harad (Joshimath), Haritaki, Harde, Aru-ra (Ladakh), Harre, Harad (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Pathya, Abhya, Mata |
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Terminalia chebula is a large deciduous tree. The leaves are mostly sub opposite, ovate or elliptic and 7.5-15 cm long. The flowers are acuminate, dull white or yellow in colour,borne in terminal, paniculate spikes and... |
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Thalictrum foliolosum DC |
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Ranunculaceae |
| Common Name: |
Pilijari, Chaitra |
| Local Name: |
Bhonga-nagpo (Lahaul), Mamiree (Joshimath), Piyaranga, Pili jadi (Hindi) |
| Ayurvedic Name: |
Pitranga |
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It is an erect, rigid, perennial herb up to 2.5 m tall. The rootstock is fibrous yellowish-brown, resembling liquorice but knotty and extremely bitter to taste. The leaves are pinnately decompounds with 4-6 sub-orbicular,... |
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