Images and Information of Ferula assa-foetida

Botanical Name -

Full Botanical citation -

Ferula assafoetida L. Sp. Pl. 248 1753; Prasanta Kumar Mukherjee and Lincoln constance, Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) of India, American Institute of Indian Studies, 222. 1993.

Family -

APIACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy, Folk

Vernacular names -

Total 100 Vernacular names found in 7 languages.

Hindi (3) - himg, hing, hingra

Kannada (3) - hingu, ingina gida, ingu

Malayalam (5) - karikkayam, kayam, perungayam, perungkayam, perunkayam

Sanskrit (9) -

Sanskrit Comments

bahleeka, bhedana, bhutnasan, gathukam, hingu, ramatha, ramatta, sahasveani, sulanasan

Tamil (76) - acani2, akutakantakam, akutakantam#, akutakantam@, atakantam, atikanari, attiyakirakam, cakantirapeti, canam, canam2, cantunacam, capapatankam, capapatankamaram, caranam1, catukam, centutti2, cukantiram, cukantiramaram, culakirutu, cuttakaitavam, cuttakaitavamaram, inku, inkuli, inkupumam, inkura, inkuramam, inkutumam, intuli b, intuli y, iramatai, iramatam, iramatam#, iramatam@, iranam, iratam1, kanti, kanti2, kapari, kaparimaram, karam1, karavi2, kayam, kayam1, kecaram3, kuracam, kuramatam, kutanacam, kutanacanam, kutaram, kuttaracam, nari2, narimaram, narukam, narukamaram, narukatti, parunkayam, perungayam, perungkayam, perungyum, perunkayam, perunkayanari, putanacam, putanacini, ucitam, ukkirakantam1, ukkirakentai1, ukkirakentam1, ukkitam, urappam, urappankayam, uraral, urpalacacanan, urpalacanan#, urpalacanan@, urumparam, vallikam

Telugu (3) - ingu, inguva, raamatamu

Urdu (1) - hing