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Govindachari et al, 1969). Leaves contain homoandrographolide, andrographosterol and andrographone. The plant is vulnerary, anti ...

WORM KILLER Aristolochia bracteolata Aristolochiaceae San: Kitamari Hin: Kiramar, Kitamar Mal: Attuthottappala, Atuthinnappala T ...

FICUS Ficus spp. Moraceae The genus Ficus constitutes an important group of trees with immense medicinal value. It is a sacred t ...

infectoria Roxb., F. arnottiana Miq, F. lacor Buch-Ham and F. talboti King (cf. Nadkarni, 1954, Singh and Chunekar, 1972; Kapoor ...

It is a large deciduous tree with few or no aerial roots. It is often epiphytic with the drooping branches bearing long petioled ...

WEST INDIAN MEDLAR Mimusops elengi Sapotaceae San: Bakulah Hin: Bakul, Maulsiri Ben: Bakul Mal: Ilanji, Elanji Tam: Magilam, Ila ...

CASTOR Ricinus communis Euphorbiaceae San: Erandah, Pancangulah; Hin: Erandi, Erand; Ben: Bherenda; Mal: Avanakku; Tam: Amanakku ...

young plants are to be kept in glass houses till early June where they are hardened and kept out. The suitable season of growing ...

CUCURBITS Cucurbitaceae The family Cucurbitaceae includes a large group of plants which are medicinally valuable. The important ...

females short peduncled. Ovary is oblong, softly pubescent with short style and many ovules. Fruits are large, usually bottle or ...

good antidote for many kinds of vegetable, mercurial and alcoholic poisoning. It is also administered in cough, asthma or respir ...

6. Cucumis melo Linn. syn. C. melo Linn. var. cultis Kurz., C. pubescens Willd., C. callosus (Rottl.) Cogn. Eng: Sweet melon San ...

Eng: Colocynth, Bitter apple; San: Visala, Mahendravaruni; Hin: Badi indrayan, Makkal Ben: Makhal; Mal: Kattuvellari (Valutu), V ...

medicine. An emulsion of the seeds is made into a poultice with the pounded leaves and applied hot in cases of intestinal inflam ...

used in case of snakebite where it is administered internally and applied to the bitten part. The root is given in syphilitic rh ...

MEDICINAL YAMS Dioscorea spp. Dioscoreaceae The growing need for steroidal drugs and the high cost of obtaining them from animal ...

flowers having fertile stamens. Male fascicle is 15-30cm long. The female flowers have bifid stigma. Tubers are large, white and ...

and its glycoside. Epismilagenin and smilagenone have been isolated from D. deltoidea and D. prazeri (Chakravarti et al, 1960; 1 ...

IPECAC Cephaelis ipecacuanha Rubiaceae Importance Ipecac is a small evergreen herb with much branched beaded roots. It is used i ...

and production beds should be kept free from weeds. Seedlings are often attacked by damping off fungi like Rhizoctonia sp. in nu ...