All Entries in the "Gallery" Category
Monochoria
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Commelinales Family: Pontederiaceae Genus: Monochoria Species: M. vaginalis Synonyms: Pontederia auct. mal. Common names: M. hastata (L.) Solms: Trakiet, chrach (Khmer); Pak top noy, ‘ il hin (Laos); Pak top, phakpong (Thai); Rau mac (Viet.). M. vaginalis (Burm. f.) J. Presl: Chrach (Khmer); Rau mac la thon, rau choc, rau mac la [...]
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Strobilanthes kunthiana(neelakurinji)
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Strobilanthes Species: S. kunthiana Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana)is a shrub that used to grow abundantly in the shola grasslands of the Western Ghats in South India above 1800 metres. The Nilgiri Hills, which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of Neelakurinji that [...]
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Eclipta Alba(bhringraj)
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Eclipta Species: E. alba Synonyms Eclipta erecta Eclipta prostrata Verbesina alba Verbesina prostrata Guna (properties):- ruksha (dry),laghu (light) Rasa (taste) :- .katu (pungent) , tikta (bitter) Veerya :- ushna Vipaka :- katu KARMA (Action) pacifies Vata and Kapha, increases pitta. Heals wounds, works as anti inflammatory, improves appetite, [...]
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Solanum surratens Burm.F(kantakari)
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: S. xanthocarpum Syn: S.surratens Popular Name(s): Yellow-Berried Nightshade, Choti Katheri, Kantkari, Kateli Parts Used: Fruits, Whole Plant AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES Rasa : Tikta, Katu Guna : Lakhu, Snigdha Virya : Ushna PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES English : Yellow berried nightshade. Hindi : [...]
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Terminalia chebula
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Combretaceae Genus: Terminalia Species: T. chebula Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising around 100 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. This genus gets it name from Latin terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear [...]
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Achyranthes aspera(Prickly Chaff-flower)
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Achyranthes Species: A. aspera Achyranthes aspera (Common name: Prickly Chaff Flower, Devil’s Horsewhip, Sanskrit Apamarga) is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is distributed throughout the tropical world.It can be found in many places growing as an introduced species and a common weed.It is an [...]
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kaempferia galanga(Aromatic Ginger)
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Zingiberales Family: Zingiberaceae Subfamily: Zingiberoideae Tribe: Kaempferia Genus: Kaempferia Species: K. galanga Kaempferia galanga, commonly known as kencur, aromatic ginger, sand ginger, cutcherry or resurrection lily, is a monocotyledonous plant in the ginger family. It is found primarily in open areas in southern China, Taiwan, Cambodia and India, but is also widely [...]
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spade flower
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Malpighiales Family: Violaceae Genus: Hybanthus species: Hybanthus enneaspermus Synonyms: Ionidium suffruticosum Perennial herb or small shrub to 60 cm high, glabrous or hairy.Leaves linear to lanceolate, 1–5 cm long, margins recurved to revolute, occasionally flat; stipules acuminate, 1–4 mm long.Flowers solitary. Sepals 3–4 mm long. Lower petal broad-spathulate; upper petals linear-oblong, 3–4 [...]
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Desmodium Spp.
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Rosidae Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Tribe: Desmodieae Genus: Desmodium A suberect undershrub, 0.6-1.2 m high. Leaves 1-foliolate, 9-12.5 cm long, ovate, oblong, acute or slightly acuminate. Flowers violet or white, in a copious ascending terminal and axillary racemes, 15-30 cm long. Pods subfalcate, 12-20 mm. long, [...]
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Elettaria cardamomum
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Zingiberales Family: Zingiberaceae Genus: ElettariaMaton Species: E. cardamomum Cardamom (or Cardamon) refers to several plants of the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to India and Bhutan, they are recognised by their small seed pod, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin papery outer [...]
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