Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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Common Name Index

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Abscess Root; Polemonium reptans L., 1
Acacia, Babul (Babul Acacia, Egyptian Acacia,
Indian Gum-Arabic-Tree, Thorn Mimosa,
Thorny Acacia); Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd.
ex Delile, 1
Adam’s Needles, Spanish Bayonet (Bear Grass,
Needle Palm, Spoon-Leaf Yucca); Yucca
filamentosa L., 2
African Caper; Capparis tomentosa Lam., 2
African Quinine, Quinine Tree; Rauvolfia caffra
Sond., 2
African Spurge; Euphorbia resinifera O. Berg & C.
F. Schmidt, 3
African Wild Yam; Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.
Durand & Schinz, 3
African Wormwood; Artemisia afra Jacq., 3
Aga, Fly Agaric; Amanita muscaria, 3
Agar; Gelidium amansii, 4
Agrimony; Agrimonia eupatoria L., 4
Air Plant, Tree of Life (Curtain Plant, Floppers,
Good-Luck Leaf, Life Plant, Mexican
Loveplant, Miracle Leaf, Mother-in-law);
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken
(Synonym: Kalanchoe pinnata Pers.), 5
Air Potato (Aerial Yam, Bitter Yam, Cheeky Yam,
Potato Yam); Dioscorea bulbifera L.
(Synonym: Dioscorea latifolia Benth.), 6
Ajowan, Bishop’s Weed; Trachyspermum ammi (L.)
Sprague ex Turrill. (Synonyms: Ammi
copticum L., Carum ajowan ined., Carum
copticum (L.) C. B. Clarke, Sison ammi L.,
T. copticum (L.) Link), 6
Akee Apples, Seso Vegetal, Ackee; Blighia sapida
K. D. Koenig (Synonym: Cupania sapida J.
Voigt), 7
Albizzia, Siris (East Indian Walnut, Frywood, Koko,
Lebbek, Lebbektree, Siristree, Women’s-
Tongue Tree); Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.
(Synonyms: Acacia lebbek (L.) Willd.,
Mimosa lebbeck L.), 7

Alexandrian Senna (Indian Senna, Senna, Tinnevelly

Senna, True Senna); Senna alexandrina

Mill. (Synonyms: Cassia acutifolia Delile,

C. angustifolia Vahl, C. lanceolata Forssk.,

C. senna L.), 8

Alfalfa; Medicago sativa L., 10

Alisma; Alisma plantago-aquatica L., 11

Alkanet, Alkanna, Dyer’s Alkanet; Alkanna tinctoria

(L.) Tausch (Synonyms: A. lehmanii (Tineo)

A. DC., A. tuberculata (Forssk.) Meikle,

Anchusa bracteolata Viv., A. tuberculata

Forssk., Lithospermum lehmanii Tineo), 12

Allspice (Clover Pepper, Jamaica Pepper, Pimenta,

Pimento); Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.

(Synonyms: Myrtus dioica L., M. pimenta

L., P. officinalis Lindl., P. pimenta (L.) H.

Karst., P. vulgaris Lindl.), 13

Almond (Bitter Almond, Sweet Almond); Prunus

dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb (Synonyms:

Amygdalus communis L., A. dulcis Mill.,

Prunus amygdalus Batsch, P. communis (L.)

Arcang., P. dulcis var. amara (DC.)

Buchheim), 14

Aloe (Barbados Aloe, Curaçao Aloe, True Aloe, West

Indian Aloe); Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.

(Synonyms: A. barbadensis Mill., A.

perfoliata var. vera L., A. vulgaris Lam.), 15

Alpine Cranberry (Cowberry, Foxberry, Lingberry,

Lingen, Lingenberry, Lingon, Lingonberry,

Mountain Cranberry, Rock Cranberry);

Vaccinium vitis-idaea L., 18

Alpine Ragwort; Senecio nemorensis L., 19

Alpine Rose; Rhododendron ferrugineum L., 19

American Beech (Staffvine, Waxwork); Fagus

grandifolia Ehrh. (Synonyms: F. americana

Sweet, F. ferruginea Aiton), 20

American Bittersweet; Celastrus scandens L., 20

American Corn Mint, Canadian Mint, Japanese Mint

(Chinese Mint, Corn Mint, Japanese Mint);

Mentha canadensis L. (Synonyms: M.

arvensis var. glabrata Fernald, M. arvensis

var. piperascens Malinv. ex L. H. Bailey), 21