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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN SYNONYMS
Author - MOODEEN SHERIFF
Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA, FIRST EDITION 1908, 3RD EDITION 1954
Author - LATE DR.K.M.NADKARNI & A.K.NADKARNI
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4
Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS VOLUME .VOL 1-5
Author - WARRIER,P.K. et al (EDS.)
Title - INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL CODEX VOL.I
Author - MUKERJI,B
Title - LA-HARITA SAMHITA
Author - ALIX RAISON
Title - MATERIA INDICA
Author - WHITELAW AINSLIE
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - PHARMACOGNOSY OF AYURVEDIC DRUGS NOS. 01 & 02
Author - ANONYMOUS
Title - THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION
Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

Cultivated as a cold weather leafy vegetables, seeds used as a spice in Bastar, Bhopal, Bilaspur and Shivpuri Cultivated

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit

Title - Flora of the Indian Desert

Distribution

Europe, orient, N India

Title - Flora of the Indian Desert

Author - Bhandari M.M

Title - Flora of Majuli

Distribution

Majuli: Kamalabari. Met cultivated rarely to infrequent and sometimes as an escape.

Title - Flora of Majuli

Author - M.Islam

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Distribution

N.W. India, south Europe, widely cultivated. Tripura: cultivated at Agartala.

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Author - D.B. DEB

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Distribution

S. Europe, Orient, Ethiopia, Arabia, Pakistan, India.

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Distribution

Tons valley: Fairly common in open places.

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao

Botanical Name -

Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

Full Botanical citation -

Trigonella foenum-graecum L., Sp. Pl. 777. 1753; N.P.Singh &al., Fl.Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones, 1: Fl.India Ser. 2: 775. 2000.

Family -

FABACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Folk

Vernacular names -

Total 98 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

English (5) - bird s-foot, fenu-greek, fenugreek, greek hayseed, trigonella

Hindi (4) - methi, meti, muthi, mutti

Kannada (9) - mente, mentepalle, mentesoffu, mentesoppu, menthe, menthya, menthya gida, menthya soppu, mentya

Malayalam (3) - uluva, ventayam, venthiam

Marathi (2) - methi, methi-chi bhaji

Sanskrit (21) -

Sanskrit Comments

bahuparni, bahupatrika, chandrika, dipani, gandhabija, gandhaphala, jyoti, kairavi, kalanusari, kunchika, mantha, medhika, methe, methi, methika, methini, misrapushpa, munindrika, pitabija, vallari, vedhani

Tamil (48) - calepaccalam, cayarovaram, cirepari, cittiravaku, civamatanu, kairalam2, kairavi2, kaivitai, kalintam, kantapalai4, makarampu#, makarampu@, makarantappu#, makarantappu@, menti 2, mentikai 2, mentiyam, mentiyam 2, meti, metikai, muninturaicceti, nariventayam, nariventiyam, pitapicam, tevaputtira, uluva2, uluvacceti, uluvam, uluvay#, uluvay@, venciyam, vendayam, vendhayam, vendium, venkuntakikam, ventai, ventaiyam#, vental, ventalayam, ventayacceti, ventayakkirai, ventayam, venthayam, ventiyam, vetani@, vimalotayacceti, vimalotayam, yamunacitti

Telugu (4) - menthikoora, menthulu, mentikura, mentulu

Urdu (2) - methi, tukhm methi