Botanical Name: Tanacetum vulgare (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Compositae/Asteraceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Genus: Tanacetum
Species: T. vulgare
Synonym: Buttons
Other Names:Common Tansy, Bitter Buttons, Cow Bitter, Mugwort, or Golden Buttons.
Part Used: Herb.
Habitat: Tansy, a composite plant very familiar in our hedgerows and waste places, is a hardy perennial, widely spread over [...]
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Botanical: Tamarindus indica (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Leguminosae/Fabaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Detarieae
Genus: Tamarindus
Species: T. indica
Synonyms: Imlee. Tamarindus officinalis (Hook).
Alternative names: Indian date, In Malaysia it is called asam in Malay and swee boey in Hokkien (Min Nan). In Indonesia it is called asem (or [...]
Botanical Name:Carissa carandas
Family: Apocynaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Genus: Carissa
Species: C. carandus
Synonym: Carissa congesta.
Common name: Christ’s Thorn.
Common Hindi name: Karaunda.
Habitat:Distributed all over warm regions of India and Sri Lanka.Grows wild and cultivated throughout Myanmar. It grows naturally in the Himalayas at elevations of 300 to 1800 meters, in the Siwalik Hills (part of [...]
Botanical Name: Boerhavia diffusa
Familie: Nyctaginaceae
English Name / Common Name: Spreading Hogweed / Boerhavia
Sanskrit / Indian Name: Punarnava
Other Common Names:Punarnava , Boerhavia Diffusa, Hirsuta , Erva Tostao , Red Hogweed , Hog Weed , Pig Weed
Part Used :Root, Seed,whole plant
Properties :Anti- Inflammatory, Panduhar(Checks Anemia), Cardiac-tonic,Analgesic
Habitat:This weed grows throughout India, Bangla Desh, Burma,Sri Lanka [...]
Botanical name: Amorphophallus Campanulatus
Family: Araceae
Synonyms: Amorphophallus campanulatus (Decne.)
Sanskrit name: Soorana
English name: Elephant Yam
Tamil name: Pidikarunai kizhangu
Bengali Name: Ole
Other Names:Dragon Arum , Kembang Bangah , Saranah , Soeweg , Whitespot Giant Arum ,
Habitat: Loose leafy detritus in moist shady habitats.Common throughout the Luzon provinces and in Mindoro, in thickets and secondary forests, at low [...]
Botanical Name:Colocasia antiquorum
Kingdom: Planta
Division: Magnoliophy
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Common Names: Polynesian Names: Kalo, Poi, Callaloo, Cocoyam, Dasheen, Eddo, Eddoe, Eddy Root, Tara, Tarro, Tarrow, Dalo, Kochu(in Bengali), English Names:Taro,Swamp Taro ,Elephant’s Ear
Habitat:India, Pakisthan, Bangladesh,Srilanka, Burma Philipines. Hawaii, Taro was probably first native to the lowland wetlands of Malaysia (taloes). Estimates are that [...]
Botanical Name : GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE
Family Name : ASCLEPIADACEAE
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Genus: Gymnema
Species: G. sylvestre
Common Name : PERIPLOCA OF THE WOODS, GUDMAR
Alternative names: Gurmari, Gurmarbooti, Gurmar, periploca of the woods and Meshasringa. The Hindi word Gur-mar (Madhunaashini in Sanskrit, Chakkarakolli in Tamil), literally means sugar destroyer. Meshasringa [...]
Botanical Name: Drosera rotundifolia (LINN.)
Family: Droseraceae
Synonyms: Dew Plant. Round-leaved Sundew. Red Rot. Herba rosellae. Sonnenthau rosollis. Rosée du Soleil.
Part Used: The flowering plant dried in the air, not artificially.
Habitat : Sundews generally grow in seasonally moist or more rarely constantly wet habitats with acidic soils and high levels of sunlight. Common [...]
Botanical Name: Ferula sumbul (HOOK, F.)
Family: N.O. Umbelliferae
Common Names: Sumbul, Musk-root, Jatamansi.
Synonyms: Euryangium Musk Root. Jatamansi. Ouchi. Ofnokgi. Sumbul Radix. Racine de Sumbul. Sumbulwurzel. Moschuswurzel.
Parts Used: Root and rhizome.
Habitat: Turkestan, Russia, Northern India.
Description: The plant reaches a height of 8 feet, and has a solid, cylindrical, slender stem which gives rise [...]
Botanical Name: Liquidambar orientalis (MILL.)
Family: N.O. Hamamelaceae
Synonyms: Liquidambar imberbe. Styrax Praeparatus. Prepared Storax. Styrax liquidus. Flussiger Amber. Liquid Storax. Balsam Styracis.
Part Used: Balsam obtained from the wood and inner bark.
Habitat: This tree is a native of Asia Minor, in the extreme southwest of which country it is gregarious, forming forests of trees of [...]
Botanical Name: Collinsonia Canadensis (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Labiatae
Common Names: Collinsonia, Hardhack, horseweed, knob grass, knob root, richweed
Synonyms: Horseweed. Richweed. Richleaf. Knob-Root. Knobweed. Horsebalm. Hardback. Heal-all. Oxbalm. Knot-Root. Baume de Cheval. Guérit-tout.
Parts Used: Whole plant, fresh root .
Habitat: Native to the moist woodlands of North America, from Canada to the Carolinas.
Description:Stoneroot is a perennial [...]
Family: N.O. Anacardiaceae
1. Sumach, Smooth
2. Sumach, Sweet
The American Poison Ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron, Linn.) is one of the species of Sumachs, an attractive group of plants widely distributed in Europe, Asia and North America, varying much in habit from low bushes to moderately-sized trees, many of them familiar denizens of our gardens, for the [...]
Botanical Name: Delphinium staphisagria (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Ranunculaceae
Synonym: Lousewort.Stavesacre; Semen staphisagriae, Staphisagriae semina, Staphidisagriae, Semina pedicularis.
Part Used: Seeds.
Habitat: Asia Minor and Europe.It is a native of the south of Europe, growing in waste places.
Description: It is an elegant, stout, upright annual herb, and about the same height as the Delphinium Consolida (1 [...]
Botanical Name: Liquidambar orientalis (MILL.)
Family: N.O. Hamamelaceae
Synonyms: Liquidambar imberbe. Styrax Praeparatus. Prepared Storax. Styrax liquidus. Flussiger Amber. Liquid Storax. Balsam Styracis.Liquid storax,
Part Used: Balsam obtained from the wood and inner bark.
Habitat: Asia Minor.This tree is a native of Asia Minor, in the extreme southwest of which country it is gregarious.
Description: A tree of [...]
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Botanical Name: Saponaria officinalis (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Caryophyllaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Genus: Saponaria
Species: S. officinalis
Synonyms: Soaproot. Bouncing Bet. Latherwort. Fuller’s Herb. Bruisewort. Crow Soap. Sweet Betty. Wild Sweet William.
Parts Used: Dried root and leaves.
Habitat: Central and Southern Europe. Grows well in English gardens.Soapwort’s native range extends throughout [...]
Botanical Name: Quillaja saponaria (MOLINA.)
Family: N.O. Rosaceae/Quillajaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Genus: Quillaja
Species: Q. saponaria
Synonyms: Soap Bark. Panama Bark. Cullay.
Common Names: Quillaia, kilaya, quillaja, soapbark tree,
murillo bark, Panama wood
Part Used: Dried inner bark.
Habitat:South America, Peru and Chile, and cultivated in Northern Hindustan.
Description: A tree 50 to 60 feet [...]
Botanical Name: Antirrhinum magus (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Scrophularaceae
Part Used: Leaves.
Habitat:Snapdragon is closely allied to the Toadflaxes. It is really not truly a native herb, but has become naturalized in many places, on old walls and chalk cliffs, being an escape from gardens, where it has been long cultivated.
Description:Anual. Snapdragons are a particular favorite of children who [...]
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Botanical Name: Polygonum hydropiper (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Polygonaceae
Synonyms: Water Pepper. Biting Persicaria. Bity Tongue. Arcmart. Pepper Plant. Smartass. Ciderage. Red Knees. Culrage. Bloodwort. Arsesmart.
Parts Used: Whole herb and leaves.
Habitat: Great Britain and Ireland, rarer in Scotland; is a native of most parts of Europe, in Russian Asia to the Arctic regions. Found abundantly [...]
Botanical Name: Simaruba amara (D. C.), Simaruba officinalis
Family: N.O. Simarubaceae
Genus: Simarouba
Species: amara, glauca
Synonyms: Quassia simarouba, Zwingera amara, Picraena officinalis, Simarouba medicinalis, Dysentery Bark. Mountain Damson. Bitter Damson. Slave Wood. Stave Wood. Sumaruppa. Maruba. Quassia Simaruba
Common Names: Simarouba, gavilan, negrito, marubá, marupá, dysentery bark, bitterwood, paradise tree, palo blanco, robleceillo, caixeta, daguilla, cedro blanco, cajú-rana, [...]
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Botanical Name: Cassia acutifolia (DELL.)/CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA
Family: N.O. Leguminosae/Fabaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
(unranked) Eurosids I
Order: Fabales
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Cassieae
Subtribe: Cassiinae
Genus: Senna
Synonyms: Alexandrian Senna. Nubian Senna. Cassia Senna. Cassia lenitiva. Cassia Lanceolata. Cassia officinalis. Cassia aethiopica. Senna acutifolia. Egyptian Senna. Sene de la palthe. [...]
