Indigenous Medicinal Plants and their Practical Utility

by H. C. Lakshman

ISBN: 9789351245049
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Imprint : NIPA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 5545.00
Biblio : 198 pages,23cm

Author Profile

H.C. Lakshman: Professor and Chairman, P.G.Department of Studies in Botany, Karnataka University, Dharwad - 580 003, Karnataka,India R.F. Inchal: Associate Professor, K.L.E’s S.K. Art College & H.S.K. Science Institute, Hubli - 580 031, Karnataka, India

About The Book

The book includes habit, habitat of the plant its components ailments Ayurveda properties and action of medication and is useful to everyone interested in the green health therapy. A number of valuable medicinal plants are threatened with extinction, because of unsustainable over exploitation and habitat destruction. Silent features of this book are to facilitate identification of plants line drawing of all plants with their characteristics botanical feature, vernacular name are presented. The present compilation is intended to be good ready reference work for teachers, students and research workers in medicine both traditional and Ayurvedic also in botany, agriculture, forestry and pharmacy.

Table of Contents

"Forword Preface Acknowledgement Colour Plates Introduction Indigenous Medicinal Plants 1. Abrus precatorices Linn 2. Abutilon indicum G. Don 3. Acacia arabica Willd 4. Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd 5. Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd 6. Acalypha indica Linn 7. Achyranthes aspera Linn 8. Acorus calamus Linn 9. Adansonia digitata Linn 10. Adhatoda vasica Nees 11. Aegle marmelos (L) Corr 12. Aerva lanata Juss 13. Albizia lebbek Benth 14. Aloe barbadensis Mill 15. Alstonia scholaris (Linn) R.Br 16. Andrographis paniculata Wall 17. Anisomeles malabarica R.Br 18. Annona squamosa Linn 19. Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guill & Perr 20. Argemone maxicana Linn 21. Aristolochia bracteolata Retz 22. Aristolochia indica Linn 23. Artocarpus heterophyllus Linn 24. Asparagus racemosus Wild 25. Astercantha longifolia Nees 26. Azadirachta indica Juss 27. Bauhunia variegata Linn 28. Boerhavia diffusa Linn 29. Bombax ceiba Linn 30. Butea monosperma Taub 31. Cannabis sativa Linn 32. Cassia absus Linn 33. Cassia auricalata Linn 34. Cassia fistula Linn 35. Cassia occidentalis Linn 36. Catheranthus roseus Linn 37. Centella asiatica Linn 38. Chlorophytum borivilianum Sand Fer 39. Cinnamomum camphora (Linn.) Presl 40. Cinnamomum verum Presl 41. Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle 42. Citrus reticulata Blanco 43. Clerodendrin inerme Linn 44. Croton tiglium Linn 45. Curcuma amda Roxb 46. Cuscuta reflexa Roxb 47. Cynodon dactylen Linn 48. Cyperus rotundus Linn 49. Datura metel Linn 50. Datura Stramonium Linn 51. Eclipta prostrata Roxb (Syn. E. alba) 52. Euphorbia hirta Linn 53. Ferula narthex Linn 54. Ficus bengalensis Linn 55. Ficus bengalensis Linn 56. Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn 57. Helicteres isora Linn 58. Hemidesmus indicus R. Br 59. Jatropha curcus Linn 60. Lawsonia inermis Linn 61. Linum asitatissimum Linn 62. Madhuca Indica Gmel 63. Melia azadarach Linn 64. Mimosa pudica Linn 65. Mimusops elengi Linn 66. Momordica charantia Linn 67. Moringa ptergygo-sperma Gaerta 68. Mucuna pruriens Bak 69. Nerium indicum Mill 70. Nyctanthes arbortristis Linn 71. Ocimum basilicum Linn 72. Oxalis corniculata Linn 73. Papaver somniferum Linn 74. Piper betle Linn 75. Phyllanthes emblica L 76. Phyllanthus niruri L 77. Plumeria rubra Linn 78. Polianthus tuberosa Linn 79. Polyalthia longifolia Benth and Hook 80. Pongamia pinnata Linn 81. Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb 82. Pterocarpus santalinus Linn 83. Rauwolfia serpentina Linn 84. Ricinus communis Linn 85. Semecarpus anacardium Linn 86. Solanum nigrum Linn 87. Solanum xanthocarpum Sch & Wend 88. Spathodea campanulata Beauv 89. Spilanthes acmella Linn 90. Sphaeranthus indicus Linn 91. Sterculia foetida Linn 92. Swertia chiruyita Hum 93. Tephrosia purpurea Pers 94. Terminalia bellarica Roxb 95. Terminalia chebula Retz 96. Tinospora cordifolia Miers 97. Tribulus terrestris Linn 98. Vateria indica Linn 99. Vitex negundo Linn 100. Vitis quadranguloris Wall 101. Withania somnifera Dunal 102. Xanthium Strumarium Linn 103. Zingiber officinate Rose 104. Zizyphus jujuba Lam 105. Zizyphus mauritiana Lank References"