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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
Title - ASTANGA HRIDAYA KOSHA
Author - ANONYMOUS
Title - AYURVEDIC DRUGS AND THEIR PLANT SOURCES
Author - V.V. SIVARAJAN AND INDIRA BALACHANDRAN
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - GANAS OF VAHATA
Author - N.S. MOOSS
Title - GLOSSARY OF VEGETABLE DRUGS IN BRHTTRAYI
Author - THAKUR BALWANT SINGH & DR. K.C.CHUNEKAR
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 - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - STUDIES ON MEDICINAL PLANTS IN DHANVANTARIYA NIGHANTU VOL.1
Author - VAIDYA D.K. KAMAT

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1

Distribution

Commonly cultivated in Meghalaya

Title - FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1

Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Distribution

Cultivated

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

Cultivated

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

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

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Distribution

India, Bangladesh and Burma. Tropical regions. Occurence Throughout the state

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Author - D.B. DEB

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

INDIA: Throughout India; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Simla.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Distribution

Kota. Cultivated, usually foundas an escape near habitations, not so perfectly naturalised as other species

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Distribution

Tons valley:Cultivated for its fruits, also found as an escape in waste places and hedges.

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

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

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Distribution

Tropical Old World, widely cultivated in tropical and warm countries

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Botanical Name -

Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.J. ROEM.

Full Botanical citation -

Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem Fam. 2: 63. 1846; H.L. Chakravarty, Fascicles of Flora of India, Fasicle II, Cucurbitaceae, BSI, Howrah, 70. 1982

Family -

CUCURBITACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Folk, Sowa-Rigpa

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Botanical Synonyms (2) -

Luffa aegyptiaca MILL. EX. HOOK.F.
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Full Botanical citation -
Luffa aegyptica Mill. Dict. ed. 4: 500. 1785; H.L. Chakravarty, Fascicles of Flora of India, Fasicle II, Cucurbitaceae, BSI, Howrah, 70. 1982
Luffa pentandra ROXB.

Vernacular names -

Total 89 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

English (2) - loofah, vegetable sponge

Hindi (11) - dhodka, dhodka ghiya turai, ghia-torai, ghia-tori, ghiatarui, ghiatarul, ghiaturai, ghiya tori, khiya tori, nenua, purula

Kannada (7) - araheere, bolaheere, thipri kaayi, thuppada heere, thuppeere kayi, tiprikayi, tuppahire

Malayalam (7) - cattu-picinna, kattupiccil, kattupiram, perumpiram, piccinna, puttalpiram, puttilpiram

Marathi (6) - ghadaghosali, ghosaalen, ghosali, marti-gomasali, paarose, paroshi

Sanskrit (28) -

Sanskrit Comments

aibhi, brihatkoshataki, dhamargava, dhamargavah, dhamargawah, dirgha-patola, dirghapatolika, enua, ghiyatarvi, ghoshaka, hastighosha, hastikoshataki, hastiparna, kosaphala, kosataki, kosathaphala, kothaphalah, mahajalini, mahakosataki, mahakoshataki, mahaphala, mahapushpa, raja-koshataki, rajakausataki, rajakosataki, rajakoshataki, sapitaka, sodhani

Tamil (19) - guttibira, meluku pirk, melukupirkku, melukuppeyppirkku, mozhukupirkankai, mulukkupperakkai, nuraippirkku, parpirkku, pichukku, pikku, pirkku, pontukapirkku, tirkkapatolikam, vattuka, vattuvakkoti, vatukikakkoti, vatukikam, virutukacakkoti, virutukacam

Telugu (8) - gutti beera, guttibira, nethi beera, neti beera, netibira, netibirakaya, nunebira, nunibeera

Tibetan (1) - ra dza ko sa ta ki