Morphology, Biological Source and Distribution of Tobacco: Tobacco consists of the dried leaves of Nicotiana tobacum belonging to the family Solanaceae. Tobacco plant is a stout, ever green and viscid annual plant with a thick erect stem and few branches. The flowers are light-red, white or pink in colour. Various varieties like bidi tobacco, cigar […]
Biological Source and Distribution of Ginseng: Ginseng is the dried root of several species of Panax, like Panax ginseng (Korean ginseng), Panax japonica (Japanese ginseng), Panax notoginseng (Chinese ginseng) and Panax quinquefolium (American ginseng) belonging to the family Araliaceae. It is also known as ninjin, pannag and panax. Ginseng is cultivated commercially in Korea, China, […]
Biological Source and Distribution of Jalbrahmi: Jalbrahmi is the herb of Centella asiatica or Hydrocotyl asiatica, belonging to the family Umbelliferae (Apiaceae). It is known by other names like mandukparni, gotu kola and centella. Jalbrahmi grows in wet areas in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Madagascar, Africa, Australia, China and Vietnam. Jalbrahmi is a creeping […]
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Biological Source of Garlic: Botanical Name : Allium sativum Family : Liliaceae Synonyms of Garlic: Hindi – Lahsun English – Garlic Sanskrit – Rasana Telugu – Velluli Tamil – Vallaipunelu Bengali – Rasuna Gujarati – Lasana The trade name of garlic is Lahasuna Garlic is a well known bulbous, herbaceous plant and grows to a […]
Biological Source, Distribution and Synonyms of Spearmint: Spearmint consists of the dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant, Mentha spicate, Mentha cardiaca or Mentha virdis of the family Labiatae. It is known as spearmint leaves, mint, mentha virdis, stotch spearmint and common spearmint. Spearmint is mainly cultivated in North America and Asia. It is […]
Biological Name : Azadirachta indica Family : Meliaceae Synonyms of Neem: Hindi – Neem Sanskrit – Nimba English – Persian Lilac Malayalam – Veppa bijam Tamil – Veppu virat Marathi – Kadunimba cha Bi Gujarathi – Limado nu bij Telugu – Vepaku Kannada – Bevinamara bija The trade name of the neem is neem bija. […]
Biological Source of Camptotheca: Camptotheca consists of the dried stem wood of the plant Camptotheca acuminata of the plant Nyssaceae. It is also known as cancer tree. It is grown in China and Tibet. This plant has been screened for anti-tumor properties by the National Institute of Health, U.S.A. and they identified camptothecin. Camptothecin is […]
Morphology and Distribution of Kalmegh: Kalmegh consists of the dried leaves and tender shoots of the plant known as Andrographis paniculata, belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is also known as andrographis, kirayat and bhui-nimb. Kalmegh is an annual herb and is found in Sri Lanka and throughout the India. In India it is found […]
Biological Name : Psoralea corylifolia Family : Fabaceae Synonyms of Psoralea: Hindi – Babchi Sanskrit – Sugandh kantak English – Psoralea Tamil – Kaarpokarishi Marathi – Bavachya Gujarathi – Baabchi Telugu – Bhaavanchi vittulu Bengali – Bakuchidaanaa Kannada – Bavanchigidda Malayalam – Karpokkart The trade name of the psoralea is baabchi. Psoralea is an erect […]