Images and Information of Agave angustifolia

BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
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.

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons)

Distribution

Maharashtra: Bombay, Pune, Satara. Widely naturalised. Believed to be a native of St. Vindent. (W.Indies).

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons)

Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS)

Distribution

Plains from the coast.

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS)

Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol III

Distribution

Widely planted and naturalized in India. Native of West Indies. Orissa: Frequent near village surrounding; often planted along field borders etc.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol III

Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Botanical Name -

Agave angustifolia HAW.

Full Botanical citation -

Agave angustifolia Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 72. 1812; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Dist. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 721.1999.

Family -

AGAVACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Folk

Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Agave vivipara L.

Vernacular names -

Total 18 Vernacular names found in 4 languages.

Hindi (2) - khetki, ramban

Sanskrit (1) -

Sanskrit Comments

kantala

Tamil (8) - erumaik karralai, erumaikkattalai, kathalai, malaikkaralai, malaikkattalai, piramarakkaci, piramarakkadi, piramarakkati

Telugu (7) - balurakkasi, balurakkisa, brahmarakasi, kittanara, peddakalabanda, piyyatikalalebanda, samata