Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants in 2 Vols

by Sanyat Misra, Sanjay Mishra, R L Misra, Pragya Ranjan, J K Ranjan

ISBN: 9789371702980
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2026
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Author Profile

Dr. Sanyat Misra is presently Head, Department of Horticulture, Birsa Agricultural Universitry, Kanke, Ranchi. He is serving that University for the last 19 years. So far he has contributed about 45 research papers on various aspects of horticulture, guided 7 M.Sc. students and authored 10 books including the three voluminous books (Cut Flowers, Traditional & Loose Flowers and Commonly Used Ornamental Plants) published in 2017 from Kruger Brentt, Middlesex, England. In the University he is teaching almost all the horticultural courses and is involved in all the research and developmental activities of the Department. Dr. Sanjay Mishra based in Lucknow is a Computer Specialist so it is his brain which has brought out this book to this stage. He has authored two books on Computer Science: (i) Bits & Bytes of C++, and (ii) CCC-Course on Computer Conceps; and (iii) a most popular book Soilless Crop Production which has gained its popularitry throughout the country. Dr. R.L. Misra served IARI, New Delhi for 40 years as Scientist and retired in May 2008 as Project Coordinator (Floriculture). To his credit he has more than 200 research papers, taught all the floricultural courses in the Division, guided 6 M.Sc. students and 16 Ph.D. scholars, apart from being Members of the Advisory Committee of many students. Single-handedly, he bred 30 gladiolus varieties; He was bestowed with Urivi-Vikram Charitable Trust Award (2003); and is Honorary Fellow of 4 Societies, viz. ISGPB, New Delhi (1980); ISOH, New Delhi (2009); HSI, New Delhi (2018); and Society for Promotion of Horticulturre, IIHR, Bengaluru (2022). He was bestowed with HSI Gold Medal (2013), and ISOH Lifetime Achievement Award in Floriculture (2018). Dr. Pragya Ranjan is an agricultural graduate from BHU, Varanasi; and M. Sc and Ph.D in Horticulture from IARI, New Delhi. Dr. Pragya joined ICAR through ARS in 2005 and presently working as a Principal Scientist in Germplasm Exchange & Policy Unit, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi. She has more than 100 publications to her credit including 35 research papers, 30 popular articles, 25 book chapters and 12 technical articles. Dr. J.K. Ranjan is a graduate {B. Sc. (Ag)} from BHU, Varanasi; and Postgraduate cum Doctorate in Horticulture from IARI, New Delhi. He joined ICAR through ARS in 2005 and presently working at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi in the Division of Vegetable Science as Principal Scientist. As a visiting scientist he had been to Clemson University, South Carolina (USA) during 2012. He has published 41 research papers in peer reviewed and international journals, 3 books and 105 other technical publications.

About The Book

In modern time, there is high demand of Herbs and Medicinal Plants as seasoning of food and as remedy against various diseases because allopathic medicine have various side effects. In this book, nearly all the major related plants have been dealt with. Most people are not aware about these plants so keeping these things in view this book has been written. Regarding spices also, though Indian people are much aware but they do not exactly know about their growing. The Horticulture is now not confined only to Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers as various other disciplines such as Plantation Crops, Medicinal Plants, Spices, Aromatic Plants, etc. have also been added here. And in Agricultural Research Services (ARS) exams too, there are various questions from among these so at M.Sc. and Ph.D levels, courses on these lines have been developed in various Agricultural Universities, that is why a book like Herb, Spices and Medicinal Plants as a ready reckoner has been prepared to help the students preparing for their exams. This book is not helpful only to students but also to those amateurs who wish them growing in their backyards, to development officers to maintain such a corner in the gardens, to scientists who teach these to students.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface.................................................................................................... v Volume-1 • Abelmoschus moschatus Medik ......................................................... 1 • Abroma augustum (L.) L.f.................................................................... 2 • Abrus precatorius L.............................................................................. 3 • Abutilon indicum (Link) Sweet........................................................... 6 • Acacia Martius (1829).......................................................................... 8 • Achyranthes aspera L......................................................................... 10 • Acinos L................................................................................................ 11 • Acinos alpinus (L.) Moench............................................................... 11 • Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy.......................................................... 12 • Achillea L............................................................................................. 13 • Achillea ageratum L........................................................................... 13 • Achillea millefolium L....................................................................... 14 • Achillea ptarmica L............................................................................ 16 • Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen..................................................... 17 • Acorus calamus L.,.............................................................................. 18 viii • Actaea racemosa L. (syn. Cimicifuga racemosa)........................... 21 • Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa............................................................... 23 • Aesculus hippocastanum L................................................................ 25 • Aframomum K.Schum........................................................................ 27 • Aframomum citratum, A. danielli and A. exscapum.............................................................. 27 • Aframomum corrorima (A.Braun) P.C.M.Jansen .......................... 28 • Aframomum melegueta K. Schum.................................................... 29 • Ageratina altissima (L.) King & H.E.Robins.................................. 30 • Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin........................................... 31 • Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.................................................................. 33 • Alcea rosea L........................................................................................ 35 • Alhagi maurorum Medik.................................................................... 37 • Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch........................................................... 39 • Alchemilla L......................................................................................... 42 • Alchemilla alpina L............................................................................ 42 • Alchemilla diademata Rothm........................................................... 43 • Alchemilla vulgaris L......................................................................... 44 • Alchemilla xanthochlora Werner Rothmaler................................. 45 • Alisma plantago-aquatica L. ........................................................... 47 • Allium L................................................................................................ 49 • Allium ampeloprasum L.................................................................... 51 • Allium cepa L....................................................................................... 53 • Allium fistulosum L............................................................................ 56 • Allium hypsistum Stearn & A. przewalskianum Regel.................................................................. 57 • Allium sativum L. .............................................................................. 57 • Allium schoenoprasum L. ................................................................. 61 • Allium scorodoprasum L................................................................... 63 • Allium tricoccum Ait. 1789 not Blanco 1837.................................. 63 • Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng. 1825 not Roxb. 1832 ........................................................................... 65 • Allium ursinum L................................................................................ 66 ix • Aloe L.................................................................................................... 69 • Aloe broomii Schonland ................................................................... 70 • Aloe buettneri A.Berger ..................................................................... 71 • Aloe cooperi Baker (syn. Aloe schmidtiana Regel)........................ 72 • Aloe ferox Mill..................................................................................... 73 • Aloe jucunda Reynolds...................................................................... 74 • Aloe maculata All............................................................................... 74 • Aloe petricola Pole-Evans................................................................. 76 • Aloe succotrina Lam........................................................................... 77 • Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.......................................................................... 77 • Aloysia citriodora Palau................................................................... 80 • Alpinia Roxb., 1810............................................................................. 81 • Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd................................................................ 82 • Alpinia officinarum Hance................................................................ 83 • Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br............................................................... 84 • Althaea officinalis L........................................................................... 85 • Ammi majus L..................................................................................... 87 • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson....................... 89 • Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Link......................................................... 92 • Anemone hepatica L........................................................................... 94 • Ananas comosus (L.) Merr................................................................. 95 • Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees......................................... 97 • Anethum graveolens L. ...................................................................... 99 • Angelica L........................................................................................... 100 • Angelica archangelica L. ................................................................. 101 • Angelica acutiloba (Siebold & Zucc.) Kitag................................. 103 • Angelica atropurpurea L.................................................................. 105 • Angelica dahurica Fisch. ex Hoffm. ............................................... 106 • Angelica gigas Nakai ....................................................................... 107 • Angelica keiskei Ito ......................................................................... 108 • Angelica pubescens Maxim. ............................................................ 109 • Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels ....................................................... 109 x • Angelica sylvestris L........................................................................ 110 • Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. ................................................. 112 • Apium graveolens L. ........................................................................ 113 • Aquilaria malaccensis Lam............................................................. 116 • Arctium lappa L................................................................................ 118 • Argyreia nervosa (Burm.f.) Bojer.................................................... 121 • Armoracia rusticana G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb...................... 122 • Artemisia L. ...................................................................................... 124 • Artemisia abrotanum L. 1753 not Thunb...................................... 126 • Artemisia absinthium L. ................................................................. 127 • Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd. ........................................................ 128 • Artemisia alaskana Rydb................................................................ 129 • Artemisia annua L. .......................................................................... 130 • Artemisia arborescens L................................................................... 131 • Artemisia argyi H.Lev. & Vaniot................................................... 131 • Artemisia cina Berg & C.F. Schmidt ex Poljakov........................ 133 • Artemisia californica Less............................................................... 133 • Artemisia douglasiana Besser ex Besser....................................... 134 • Artemisia frigida Willd. .................................................................. 135 • Artemisia dracunculus L. not Hook.f. 1881................................... 136 • Artemisia glacialis L........................................................................ 138 • Artemisia herba-alba Asso ............................................................. 138 • Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. .......................................................... 139 • Artemisia maritima L. 1753 not Ledeb. 1833 nor L. ex Hook.f. 1891 nor Kitag. 1939 .................................................................................. 140 • Artemisia princeps Pamp................................................................ 141 • Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 1814 not DC............................................. 142 • Artemisia tridentata Nutt............................................................... 142 • Artemisia vulgaris L. 1753 not C.B. Clarke 1882 nor Mattf. ............................................................ 143 • Asarum L............................................................................................ 145 • Asarum canadense L. ....................................................................... 145 xi • Asarum caudatum Lindl. ................................................................ 147 • Asarum europaeum L........................................................................ 147 • Asparagus racemosus Willd............................................................ 149 • Atropa L............................................................................................. 151 • Atropa acuminata Royle ex Lindl.................................................. 151 • Atropa belladonna L........................................................................ 152 • Azadirachta indica A.Juss............................................................... 155 • Backhousia Hook. & Harv.............................................................. 157 • Backhousia citriodora F.Muell. ..................................................... 157 • Backhousia myrtifolia Hook. & Harv........................................... 158 • Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell.......................................................... 160 • Barleria prionitis L........................................................................... 162 • Bellis perennis L................................................................................ 164 • Berberis L............................................................................................ 166 • Berberis aristata DC......................................................................... 167 • Betula utilis D.Don........................................................................... 169 • Bixa L.................................................................................................. 170 • Bixa orellana L. ................................................................................ 170 • Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb.................................................... 173 • Boerhavia diffusa L. nom. cons...................................................... 175 • Boesenbergia Kuntze........................................................................ 176 • Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. ................................................. 176 • Borago officinalis L.......................................................................... 178 • Boswellia serrata Roxb.................................................................... 180 • Brassica and Sinapis........................................................................ 182 • Brassica carinata A.Braun.............................................................. 187 • Brassica juncea (L.) Czern............................................................... 187 • Brassica napus L............................................................................... 188 • Brassica nigra L................................................................................ 189 • Brassica oleracea L........................................................................... 190 • Brassica rapa L. (syn. Brassica campestris)................................. 190 • Genus Sinapis.................................................................................... 191 xii • Sinapis alba L.................................................................................... 191 • Sinapis arvensis L............................................................................. 192 • Bunium bulbocastanum L................................................................ 192 • Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.................................................... 194 • Calamintha Mill............................................................................... 196 • Calamintha grandiflora (L.) Moench............................................. 196 • Calamintha sylvatica Bromf.......................................................... 197 • Calendula officinalis L..................................................................... 198 • Canella winterana (L.) Gaertn. ...................................................... 200 • Capparis spinosa Linnaeus............................................................. 202 • Capsicum L........................................................................................ 204 • Capsicum annuum L......................................................................... 206 • Capsicum baccatum L...................................................................... 211 • Capsicum chinense Jacq. ................................................................. 212 • Capsicum frutescens L. (syn. C. mimimum).................................. 214 • Capsicum pubescens Ruiz & Pav................................................... 215 • Carica papaya L................................................................................ 217 • Carthamus tinctorius L.................................................................... 219 • Carum carvi L. .................................................................................. 221 • Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold...................................................... 223 • Cassia L.............................................................................................. 225 • Cassia fistula L................................................................................. 225 • Cassia javanica L............................................................................. 226 • Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don..................................................... 228 • Cayaponia espelina (Silva Manso) Cogn...................................... 230 • Celastrus paniculatus Willd........................................................... 231 • Centaurea cyanus L.......................................................................... 233 • Centella asiatica (L.) Urban............................................................ 235 • Ceratonia siliqua L........................................................................... 237 • Chamaecostus cuspidatus (Nees & Mart.) C.Specht & D.W.Stev........................................................................ 239 • Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All......................................................... 240 xiii • Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Konig) C.D.Specht............................... 242 • Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty.......................................... 243 • Cichorium intybus L. ....................................................................... 245 • Cinchona L......................................................................................... 248 • Cinchona officinalis L...................................................................... 248 • Cinchona pubescens Vahl................................................................ 249 • Cinnamomum Schaeff...................................................................... 251 • Cinnamomum burmannii (Nees & T.Nees) Blume....................... 254 • Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl.............................................. 255 • Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl ................................................... 255 • Cinnamomum loureiroi Nees ......................................................... 256 • Cinnamomum tamala (Buch.-Ham.) T.Nees & C.H.Eberm. ....................................................................... 257 • Cinnamomum verum J.Presl (syn. C. zeylanicum)....................... 258 • Cissampelos pareira L...................................................................... 260 • Citrus L............................................................................................... 262 • Citrus crenatifolia Lush................................................................... 264 • Citrus japonica Thunb...................................................................... 264 • Citrus mangshanensis S.W.He & G.F.Liu..................................... 265 • Citrus maxima Merr......................................................................... 265 • Citrus medica L. {syn. C. limonimedica (Lush.)}.......................... 266 • Citrus platymamma Hort. ex Tanaka............................................ 267 • Citrus reticulata Blanco.................................................................. 268 • Citrus trifoliata L............................................................................. 268 • Australian Limes............................................................................... 269 • Citrus australasica F.Muell............................................................ 270 • Citrus australis Planch.................................................................... 271 • Citrus glauca (Lindl.) Burkill.......................................................... 273 • Citrus garrawayi F.M.Bailey.......................................................... 274 • Citrus gracilis Mabb......................................................................... 274 • Citrus inodora F.M. Bailey.............................................................. 274 • Citrus warburgiana F.M. Bailey..................................................... 275 xiv • Citrus wintersii Mabb...................................................................... 275 • Clymenia Swingle & Tanaka.......................................................... 276 • Citrus cavaleriei H. Lev................................................................... 277 • Citrus halimii B.C.Stone.................................................................. 278 • Citrus hystrix DC.............................................................................. 278 • Micrantha (C. hystrix var. micrantha and C. hystrix var. microcarpa).............................................................. 280 • Citrus indica Yu.Tanaka.................................................................. 281 • Citrus latipes (Swingle) Tanaka (syn. Citrus hystrix auct. non DC.)................................................ 281 • Citrus macroptera Montrouz.......................................................... 281 • Cleome L............................................................................................. 305 • Cleome gynandra L........................................................................... 305 • Cleome lutea Hook........................................................................... 306 • Cleome platycarpa Torr................................................................... 306 • Cleome serrulata Pursh.................................................................... 307 • Cleome viscosa L............................................................................... 308 • Clerodendrum serratum Moon Pennel........................................... 310 • Clinopodium L................................................................................... 311 • Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze........................................ 311 • Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze .................................................... 312 • Clinopodium vulgare L.................................................................... 313 • Colchicum luteum Baker.................................................................. 314 • Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari........................................... 315 • Coriandrum sativum L. ................................................................... 317 • Crataegus Tourn. ex L....................................................................... 319 • Crateva nurvala Buch.-Ham........................................................... 320 • Crocus L.............................................................................................. 323 • Crocus sativus L. .............................................................................. 323 • Crocus nudiflorus Sm....................................................................... 327 • Cuminum cyminum L....................................................................... 329 • Curcuma L.......................................................................................... 331 xv • Curcuma amada Roxburgh ............................................................. 331 • Curcuma angustifolia Roxb............................................................ 333 • Curcuma aromatica Salisb ............................................................. 334 • Curcuma australasica Hook. f. ...................................................... 334 • Curcuma caesia Roxb....................................................................... 335 • Curcuma comosa Roxb..................................................................... 336 • Curcuma longa L. ............................................................................. 336 • Curcuma prakasha S.Tripathi......................................................... 339 • Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb........................................................... 339 • Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe............................................ 340 • Cymbopogon Spreng......................................................................... 341 • Cymbopogon ambiguus A.Camus................................................... 342 • Cymbopogon bombycinus (R. Br.) Domin..................................... 342 • Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf.................................................. 343 • Cymbopogon commutatus (Steud.) Stapf...................................... 344 • Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) W.Watson.................... 344 • Cymbopogon martini (Roxb.) Wats............................................... 345 • Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle.................................................... 346 • Cymbopogon obtectus S.T.Blake.................................................... 346 • Cymbopogon schoenanthus Spreng................................................ 346 • Cyperus L. .......................................................................................... 348 • Cyperus articulatus L....................................................................... 349 • Cyperus bulbosus Vahl..................................................................... 350 • Cyperus esculentus L........................................................................ 350 • Cyperus rotundus L........................................................................... 351 • Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D.Don) Soo............................................. 353 • Datura metel L.................................................................................. 355 • Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC..................................................... 357 • Dianthus caryophyllus L................................................................. 359 • Digitalis lanata Ehrh....................................................................... 361 • Dioscorea L........................................................................................ 363 • Dioscorea bulbifera L....................................................................... 363 xvi • Dioscorea composita L.................................................................... 364 • Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb.............................................. 364 • Dioscorea villosa L........................................................................... 365 • Dioscorea zingiberensis C.H. Wright............................................. 365 • Dysphania R.Br................................................................................. 366 • Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.................................................................... 368 • Elettaria Maton and Amomum Roxb............................................ 370 • Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton................................................ 371 • Amomum subulatum Roxb.............................................................. 374 • Elsholtzia Willd................................................................................ 376 • Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl....................................................... 376 • Elsholtzia rugulosa Hemsl.............................................................. 377 • Elwendia persica (Boiss.) Pimenov & Kljuykov.......................... 378 • Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C. A. Meyer................................. 380 • Epilobium L........................................................................................ 382 • Epilobium parviflorum (Schreb.) Schreb........................................ 383 • Eriodictyon Benth............................................................................. 384 • Eriodictyon angustifolium Nutt..................................................... 385 • Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr............................. 385 • Eriodictyon crassifolium Benth...................................................... 386 • Eriodictyon trichocalyx A.Heller................................................... 386 • Eryngium L......................................................................................... 388 • Eryngium aquaticum L..................................................................... 389 • Eryngium baldwinii Spreng............................................................. 389 • Eryngium campestre L...................................................................... 390 • Eryngium creticum Lam................................................................... 390 • Eryngium foetidum L........................................................................ 391 • Eryngium maritimum L.................................................................... 391 • Eryngium planum L.......................................................................... 392 • Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.......................................................... 392 • Etlingera Giseke................................................................................ 394 • Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M. Sm.................................................... 395 xvii • Eucalyptus L. Her.............................................................................. 397 • Eucalyptus staigeriana F.Muell. ex F.M.Bailey........................... 397 • Eucalyptus olida L. A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill................................ 398 • Eucalyptus dives Schauer................................................................ 399 • Eucalyptus globulus Labill............................................................. 400 • Euphorbia prostrata Aiton.............................................................. 401 • Eutrema japonicum (Miq.) Koidz................................................... 403 • Eutrochium Raf................................................................................. 405 • Eutrochium purpureum (L.) E.E. Lamont...................................... 405 • Ferula L............................................................................................... 407 • Ferula assa-foetida L........................................................................ 408 • Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim..................................................... 411 • Foeniculum vulgare Mill.................................................................. 413 • Galium odoratum (L.) Scop............................................................. 416 • Garcinia L.......................................................................................... 418 • Garcinia atroviridis Griff. ex T.Anderson..................................... 419 • Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz........................................................... 420 • Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb.................................................... 420 • Garcinia indica Choisy.................................................................... 421 • Garcinia kola Heckel........................................................................ 423 • Garcinia mangostana L................................................................... 423 • Garcinia oliveri Pierre..................................................................... 424 • Garcinia sessilis (G.Forst) Seem..................................................... 424 • Gaultheria Kalm ex L....................................................................... 426 • Geum L................................................................................................ 429 • Geum macrophyllum Willd............................................................. 429 • Geum montanum L........................................................................... 429 • Geum quellyon Sweet....................................................................... 429 • Geum triflorum Pursh...................................................................... 430 • Geum urbanum L............................................................................... 430 • Ginkgo biloba L................................................................................. 432 • Gloriosa superba L........................................................................... 436 xviii • Glycyrrhiza L..................................................................................... 438 • Glycyrrhiza glabra L. ...................................................................... 439 • Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin............................................................ 440 • Glycyrrhiza lepidota (Nutt.) Pursh................................................ 441 • Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC................................................ 442 • Gnaphalium L. 1753 not Adans. .................................................... 443 • Gnaphalium affine D.Don............................................................... 444 • Gnaphalium uliginosum L. 1753 not A. Rich................................ 444 • Gynostemma Blume......................................................................... 445 • Gynostemma pentap