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Botanical Name:Clitoria ternatea
Family Name : Fabaceae,Pipilionaceae.
Subfamily: Faboideae
Common Name: Sankhapusphi
Synonyms: Aparajita has several synonyms in Ayurvedic scriptures like gokarnika, ardrakarni, girikarnika, supuspi, mohanasini, sveta etc. It is one of the herbs mentioned in all ancient scriptures of Ayurveda.
Aparajita (Hindi)
Gokarna (Marathi)
Butterfly pea (English)
Blue pea vine (English)
Bunga telang (Malay)
Dok anchan (Thai)
Pigeon wings (English)
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
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Botanical Name : Garcinia mangostanaKingdom: Plantae
Family: Clusiaceae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Genus: Garcinia
Species: G. mangostana
Alternate names: Garcinia mangostana L., mangostan, manggis, mangis, mang cut
Brand Names: XanGo, Thai-Go, Mangosteen Plus, Mango-xan
Habitat: originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas.Mangosteen is a tropical fruit that [...]

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Botanical Name:Lepidium meyenii
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lepidium
Species: L. meyenii
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Brassicales
Other names: Lepidium meyenii, Peruvian ginseng
Spanish and Quechua names: maca-maca, maino, ayak chichira, and ayak willku
Habitat: Native to the high Andes of Bolivia and Peru.
Description: Maca is an herbaceous biennial plant or annual plant (some sources say a perennial plant). It is grown [...]

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Botanical Name:Hypochaeris radicata
Family: Asteraceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Hypochaeris
Species: H. radicata
Other Names:cat’s ear, false dandelion,long-rooted cat’s-ear, long-rooted hypochoere, spotted cat’s-ear
Etymology and differences from dandelions:
Catsear is derived from the words cat’s ear, and refers to the shape and fine-hair on the leaves resembling that of the ear of a cat.
The plant is [...]

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Botanical Name: Aleurites moluccana
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Genus: Aleurites
Species: A. moluccana
Other Names:Candleberry, Indian walnut, Kemiri, Varnish tree or Kukui nut tree.
Habitat:Native to Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Pacific Islands including Hawaii.
Common Names: Candlenuts, Indian walnut, Tahitian walnut, jangli akrot (Hindi), nattu-akrotu-kottai (Tamil), dakkuna (Sinhalese), phothisat (Thai), buah keras (Malay), kemiri [...]

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Botanical Name: Illicium verum
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Austrobaileyales
Family: Illiciaceae/Magnoliaceae
Genus: Illicium
syn: I. anisatum
Other Names:-Anise Stars, Badain, Badiana, Chinese Anise
French: anis de la Chine, anise étoilé, badiane
German: Sternanis
Italian: anice stellato
Spanish: anis estrllado,badian
Chinese: ba chio, ba(ht) g(h)ok, bart gok, pa-chiao, pak kok, peh kah
India:Chakra Phool
Indonesian: bunga lawang
Habitat: Native to China and Vietnam, star anise is [...]

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Botanical Name: Polygonum multiflorum
Common Name: He-shou-wu
Habitat: Fo-ti is a plant native to China, where it continues to be widely grown. It also grows extensively in Japan and Taiwan.
Description:Fo-ti is the dried or cured root of a twining vine in the knotweed family, found throughout China, except in the extreme northeast. It [...]

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Botanical Name: Aralia spinosa/Angelica archangelica
Family: N.O. Araliaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Genus: Aralia
Species: A. elata
Common Name:Hercules-club
Synonyms: Hercules Club. Toothache Tree. Prickly Elder. Prickly Ash, though not to be confused with the better-known Prickly Ash.
Parts Used: Bark, root and berries.
Habitat: Native to eastern Russia,Manchuria, China, Korea, Virginia and [...]

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Botanical Name:Angelica sinensis.
Family: Apiaceae
Synonyms:
American angelica, Angelica acutiloba , Angelica archangelica , Angelica atropurpurea , Angelica dahurica , Angelica edulis , Angelica gigas , Angelica keiskei , Angelica koreana , Angelica polymorpha var. sinensis Oliv. , Angelica pubescens , Angelica [...]

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Botanical Name: Pimento officinalis (LINDL.)
Family: N.O. Myrtaceae
Synonyms: Pimento. Jamaica Pepper.
Other Names: Jamaica pepper,”Kurundu” Myrtle pepper, pimento,The name “allspice” was coined by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of several aromatic spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
Part Used: Fruit, particularly the shell.
Habitat: Pimento, or Jamaica [...]

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Botanical Name: Gelidium amansii (KUTZ)
Family: N.O. Algae
Synonyms: Japanese Isinglass.
Common Name: The word “agar” comes from the Malay word agar-agar (meaning jelly). It is also known as kanten, China grass, or Japanese isinglass. The various species of alga or seaweed from which agar is derived are sometimes called Ceylon moss. Gracilaria [...]

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Botanical Name: Bixa orillana
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Bixaceae
Genus: Bixa
Species: B. orellana
Other Name:Achiote,Annato
Habitat : Tropical region of the American continent.It is cultivated there and in Southeast Asia, where it was introduced by the Spanish in the 17th century.
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Description: Achiote (Bixa orellana) is a shrub or small tree 20 to [...]

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Botanical Name :Panax notoginseng, Panax pseudoginseng San qi.
Family: Araliaceae.
Common Name:San Qi,Tan Qi,Teinchi Ginseng
Part Used: Tuberous root.
Collection and habitat: Origin -China, An Asian herb used primarily in Korea, China, and Japan; the root is gathered in the spring or fall. The older the roots, the better.
Description:Tien-chi Ginseng (Panax pseudoginseng) is a [...]

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Botanical Name: Dorema ammoniacum (D. DON.)
Family: N.O. Umbelliferae/Apiaceae (ay-pee-AY-see-ee) (Info)
Genus: Dorema
Species: ammoniacum
Synonyms: Gum Ammoniac.
Part Used: The gum resin exuding from the flowering and fruiting stem of Dorema ammoniacum and probably other species.
Habitat: Persia, extending into Southern Siberia.
Description: The plant grows to height of about 7 feet and in spring and early summer [...]

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Botanical Name : Jeffersonia diphylla Family : Barberry Other common names.—Jeffersonia, rheumatism root, helmetpod, ground-squirrel pea, yellowroot.
Habitat and range.—Twinleaf inhabits rich shady woods from New York to Virginia and westward to Wisconsin.

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Part used.—The rootstock, collected in autumn.
Description.—Twinleaf is herbaceous perennial plants and only about 6 or 8 inches in height when [...]

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Botanical Name:Dicentra cucullaria
Family : Fumariaceae
Other Name: Dicentra cucullaria
Syninyms:Bicuculla cucullaria[B,P] Corydalis cuccularia[H] D. cuccularia[H] D. cucullaria var. occidentalis[B,P] D. occidentalis[B,P] Fumaria cucullaria[G]
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Genus: Dicentra
Species: D. cucullaria
Habitat :Woodland, Dappled Shade, Shady Edge, Deep Shade. Native to North America.It occurs mainly in [...]

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BotanicalName: Polemonium reptans
Family: N.O. Polemoniaceae
Common names: Abscess Root, Creeping or Spreading Jacob’s Ladder, False Jacob’s Ladder, American Greek Valerian, Blue bells, and Sweatroot.
Synonyms: American Greek Valerian. Blue Bells. False Jacob’s Ladder. Sweatroot.
Habitat: United States. Polemonium caeruleum, or Greek valerian, is a native of England. It has been found in [...]

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Botanical Name: : Acacia decurrens, Acacia arabica,Acacia catechu
Family: Leguminosae (legume)
Other common names: Indian Gum Arabic, Wattle Bark, Black Wattle, Babul, Babool
Synonym: Wattle Bark
Habitat :Acacia Bark, known as Wattle Bark, is obtained from the chief of the Australian Wattles, A. decurrens (Willd.), the Black Wattle, and, more recently, A. arabica has been similarly used in [...]

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Botanical Name: Eriodictyon glutinosum (BENTH.)
Family: N.O. Hydrophyllaceae
Common names: Mountain Balm, Bear’s Weed, Gum Plant, Consumptive Weed, and Sacred Herb.
Synonyms: Mountain Balm. Consumptive’s Weed. Gum Bush. Bear’s Weed. Holy or Sacred Herb. Eriodictyon Californicum (Hook and Arn.).
Part Used: Dried leaves.
Habitat: California, Northern Mexico.
Description:Yerba Santa is [...]

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Botanical Name:Eleutherococcus senticosus (formerly Acanthopanax senticosus)
Family :Araliaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Genus: Eleutherococcus
Species: E. senticosus
Habitat:It is native to Northeastern Asia. Eleuthero is a shrub that grows in Siberia, China, Korea, and Japan.In Chinese medicine it is known as cì wu jia
Common names: Siberian ginseng, Ci wu [...]

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