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Anethum graveolens Linn. (Anethum sowa Roxb. ex DC. Peucedanum graveolens Linn. (in part)) Apiaceae (शतपुष्पा-कुलम्) Eng : Dill, Garden dill, Anet Hin : Söyă (HR) Kan : Sabbasige (ಸಬ್ಬಸಿಗೆ) Mal : Satakuppa (100) San : Śatapuspa (Payout) Tam : Satakuppi (HSGULI) Tel : Śatakuppivittulu (šosv.3) Desser) Distribution: Throughout India, cultivated The plant: A glabrous aromatic annual herb, 30–90 cm in height with hollow finely grooved stem, striped dark green and white with bluish spots; leaves compound, 2-3 pinnate, bluish green, segments filiform, leafsheath surrounds the stem; flowers yellow, in flat compound umbels; fruits narrowly winged, vittae large and conspicuous. Parts used: fruits Properties and uses: The fruits are acrid, bitter, thermogenic, deodorant, digestive, carminative, stoinachic, anthelmintic, anodyne, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, emmenagogue, galactagogue, expectorant, cardiotonic, anaphrodisiac, febrifuge, sudorific, antispasmodic, antidysenteric, alexete...

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees Acanthaceae (वाशा-कुलम्) Eng : Green chiretta, Kalmegh, Creat. Hin : Kålamėgh, Kalpakath (Cha, CTT) Kan : Nelaběru (Bezbedo) Mal : Nilavěppụ, Kiriyatta (mleicuot, D100000)). San : Bhunimbaḥ, Kirātatiktaḥ (ftra , facrafeen :) Tam : Nilavempu (MoCoLDY) Tel : Nēlavēmu (3833) Distribution: Throughout India, in the plains, also in forests as undergrowth The plant: An erect, branched annual herb, 0.3 m to 0.9 m in height with quadrangular branches; leaves simple, lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous, main nerves 4-6 pairs; flowers small, pale but blotched and spotted with brown and purple distant in lax spreading axillary and terminal racemes or panicles, calyx-lobes glandular pubescent, anthers bearded at the base; fruits linear capsules, acute at both ends; seeds numerous, yellowish brown, subquadrate. Parts used: whole plant Properties and uses: The plant is bitter, acrid, cooling, laxative, vulnerary, antipyretic, antiperiod...

Ananas comosus (Linn.) Merrill (A.sativus Schultes f.) Bromeliaceae (अनंनास-कुलम्) Eng : Pineapple Hin : Ananās (3716TH) Kan : Anasahannu (GSTIDO) Mal : Kaitaccakka, Kappaccakka, Ananás (കൈതച്ചക്ക, കപ്പച്ചക്ക, അനനാസ്) San : Anamnásam, Bahunētſaphalam (31İTH, 2677190) Tam : Annāśippalam ( 760 Müdyo) Tel : Annasapandu (e.Jojoxo) Distribution: Throughout India, cultivated The plant: A herbaceous perennial with a short stout stem; leaves numerous, spirally and compactly arranged, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, margins spiny, toothed, shining on the upper surface, those subtending the inflorescence small, much reduced, reddish; heads terminal, ovoid, bracicoles reddish, numerous, triangluar-ovato to oblong-ovate, imbricate ; fruits composite, succulent, bearing a crown of leaves. Parts used: fruits, leaves Properties and uses: The unripe fruits are sour, cooling, appetiser, digestive, anthelmintic, cathartic, cardiotonic, uterine tonic, emmenagogue and febrifuge. They are useful ...

Anamirta cocculus (Linn.) Wight & Arn. (A.paniculata Colebr.) Menispermaceae (गुडूची-कुलम्) Eng : Levant berries, Fish berries, Crow killer Hin : Kākamāri (106977) Kan : Kākamāri, Kayamari (DoFado, Davaoo) Mal : Polla, Kollakkāya, Pēffumarunnų (പൊളള, കൊല്ലക്കായ, പേറ്റുമരുന്ന San : Garalaphala, Käkamári (TR00951, 1947) Tam: Käkamári (&T slotif) Tel : Gara!aphala, Käkinicampacețțu (x0$že, sošoSoBBew Distribution: Throughout Irīdia in forests The plant: A large,woody, climbing shrub with vertically furrowed ash coloured bark and glabrous young parts; leaves large, simple, alternate, long-petioled, petioles thickened at the base and apex, broadly ovate, subcoriaceous, cordate or truncate at the base, acute or acuminate, 5-nerved with tufts of hairs in the axils of the nerves except the basal ones; flowers greenish in long panicles, drooping from the nodes of the old wood; fruits drupes, kidney shaped, turning red on ripening. Parts used: leaves, fruits Properties and us...

Anacyclus pyrethrum DC. Asteraceae : (भृङ्गराज-कुलम्) Eng : Pellitory Hin : Akarkarā (379) Kan : Akkalakara (08080) Mal : Akkikkaruka, Akkrāvų (Moal000), Mosong) San : Agragrāhi, Akärakarabhah (TTTET, 34014:) Tam : Akkirakkaram, Akkalkara (அக்கிரக்காரம், அக்கல்காரா) Tel : Akaråkaramu (esoos830) Distribution: Indigenous to north Africa, introduced into south Europe The plant: A perennial, procumbent plant with numerous stems and somewhat downy branches; leaves radical, stalked, smooth, pinnatisect into linear, subulate segments, cauline leaves sessile; branches one-headed, involucral scales lanceolate, acuminate, brown at the edge, receptacle convex; ray flowers white, purplish beneath. The fresh root is fusiform, fleshy and very pungent, producing a sensation of cold followed by heat. When dry it is brownish externally and whitish internally. It tastes hot, induces salivation and causes a burning sensatici in the stomach when ingested. Parts used: roots Properties and uses:...

Anacardium occidentale Linn. Anacardiaceae : (आम्र-कुलम्) Eng : Cashewnut tree Hin : Dük, Kāju (500) Kan : Gērumara, Turakagēru (Medido sofred.) Mal : Kaśumāvụ, Parankimăvų (Aswajoon, jooni) : Vrkkabijah, Vrkkaphalah, Vēnāmrah (वृक्कबीजः, वृक्कफलः, वेनाम्रः) Tam : Muntiri (fi) Tel : Gidimăvridi (32) Distribution: Cultivated and wild especially on the sea coast The plant: A small tree with short, thick, crooked trunk; leaves large, obovate, rounded at the apex; inflorescence terminal, longer than the leaves; flowers yellow, streaked with pink; fruits greenish grey, nuts on yellow or scarlet flesh pedicel. Parts used: roots, bark, leaves, fruits Properties and uses: The roots are considered purgative. The bark has alterative propertics and is used along with the inflorescence for the treatment of snakebite. The bark and leaves are useful in odontalgia and ulitis. The gum from the bark is recommended in leprosy, ringworm, corns and obstinate ulcers. Fruits are acrid, sweet, th...

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. companulatus (Decne.) Sivad. (A. campanulatus Decne.) Araceae : (सूरण-कुलम्) Eng : Elephant foot yam Hin : Süran, Jamikand (EPOT, FHP) Kan : Suvarnagadda (Rwania Mal : Cěna (Ram) San : Süraṇaḥ (TUT:) Tam : Karuņaikkilanku (569) Syne) Tel : Kandagadda (soon) Distribution: Throughout India, cultivated The plant: A stout herbaceous plant with underground hemispherical depressed dark brown corm; leaves compound, large, solitary, petiole stout, mottled, 60–90 cîn long, leaflets 5--12.5 cm long of variable width, obovate or oblong, acute, strongly and many-nerved; male and female inflorescences contiguous, neuters absent, appendage of spadix subglobose or amorphous, equalling or longer than the fertile region, spathe campanulate, pointed, strongly, closely veined, greenish.pink externally, base within purple, margins recurved, undulate and crisped, male inflorescence subturbinate, female 7.5cm or more long; fruits obovoid 2–3 s...