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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A HANDBOOK OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
Author - DR.P.N.V.KURUP, DR.V.N.K.RAMADAS & JOSHI,P
Title - ASTANGA HRIDAYA KOSHA
Author - ANONYMOUS
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - GLOSSARY OF VEGETABLE DRUGS IN BRHTTRAYI
Author - THAKUR BALWANT SINGH & DR. K.C.CHUNEKAR
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4
Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION
Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - The Flora of Kerala Vol I

Distribution

Global: Endemic to India. Elsewhere cultivated. India: Western Ghats. Kerala: Idukki. Evergreen forests, to 1700 m, rare.

Title - The Flora of Kerala Vol I

Author - Ed. P. Daniel

Title - FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3

Distribution

India: Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Kerala (rare). Endemic. In tropical evergreen forests of Western Ghats.

Title - FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3

Author - Botanicaly Survey of India

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

Distribution

Maharashtra: Frequent in evergreen and deciduous forests along coast and windward side of Western Ghats (upto 400 m). Amravati, Bombay, Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane.

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Distribution

South W. India. Western Ghats to 400 m.

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Botanical Name -

Garcinia indica (DUP.) CHOISY

Full Botanical citation -

Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy in DC., Prodr. 1: 561. 1824; N.P.Singh in B.D.Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl India 3: 113. 1993.

Family -

CLUSIACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Folk, Sowa-Rigpa

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Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Garcinia purpurea G.DON.
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Full Botanical citation -
Garcinia purpurea Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 624. 1832; N.P.Singh in B.D.Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl India 3: 113. 1993.

Vernacular names -

Total 75 Vernacular names found in 8 languages.

English (3) - goa butter, kokum, kokum butter

Hindi (3) - kokam, kokam-ka-tel, vishambil

Kannada (23) - amasole gida, amasolu, bherunda, devana huli, dhoopada mara, dhupadamara, kethae huli, kokum mara, kokum thaila, mugal, murgal, murgala, murghuli, murgina huli, murgina hulimara, murginahuli, murginahuli-mara, murinahuli, murugalu, muruvana huli, muruvina, punarapuli, punarpuli

Malayalam (3) - kokumbrindeo, pinampuli, punampuli

Marathi (11) - aamkola, amsole, bhinda, bhiran, bhirand, chirand, katambi, kokam, punampuli, ratamba, ratambi

Sanskrit (27) -

Sanskrit Comments

amlabija, amlapura, amlashaka, amlavetasa, amlavriksha, amlavrikshaka, atyamala, bijamla, chudamala, chukra, chukramla, chukraphala, phalamlah, phalamlaka, puramla, raktachudah, raktapuraka, rasamla, sakamlah, shalamla, shreshthamla, tintidika, tittidiphala, vrikshamla, vrksamla, vrksamlah, vruksamlah

Tamil (3) - murgal, murgal-mara, murukal

Tibetan (2) - da tri ga (p), da tri gi