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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
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 - 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 - 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 - INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL CODEX VOL.I
Author - MUKERJI,B
Title - MATERIA INDICA
Author - WHITELAW AINSLIE
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - SOME CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS OF INDIA
Author - DR. BAPLAL VAIDYA

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II

Distribution

Bastar, Raipur In mixed and sal forests

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II

Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra

Title - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh

Distribution

India upto about 100 m., common in sub-montane regions of Himalayas, lower rages of Eastern & Western Ghats, plains of Bengal, Bihar, U.P. Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh

Title - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh

Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II

Distribution

INDIA: Tropical Himalaya; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Sirmur.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II

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

Title - A Forest Flora for Kumaon

Distribution

Kumaon

Title - A Forest Flora for Kumaon

Author - A.E. Osmaston

Title - Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2

Distribution

Maharashtra: Common in moist forests. Chandrapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane.

Title - Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2

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

Title - Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh)

Distribution

Srikakulam (AP): Thubakonda, Donkalaguda South West, near Solikiri. Occasionally seen in the moist deciduous forests.

Title - Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh)

Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol II

Distribution

Tropical Himalaya, Assam, Deccan Peninsula. Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malaya. Orissa: Widely scattered, mostly in moist deciduous forests.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol II

Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Botanical Name -

Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) BENTH. EX KURZ

Full Botanical citation -

Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz, Forest fl. burma 2: 171. 1877; S. Karthikeyan & al., Flowering Plants of India - Dicots. 1: 137. 2009.

Family -

APOCYNACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy, Folk, Sowa-Rigpa

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Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Ophioxylon serpentinum L.
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Full Botanical citation -
Ophioxylon serpentinum L., Sp. pl. 1043. 1753; S. Karthikeyan & al., Flowering Plants of India - Dicots. 1: 137. 2009.

Vernacular names -

Total 134 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

Hindi (10) - candrabhaga, chandra-bhaga amelpodi, chhotachand, chota cand, chota-chand, harkaichanda, nai, nakulikanda, sarap-gandha, sarpagandha

Kannada (21) - amael podi, amelpodi, candraka, candrike, chandrika, chandrike, garuda, garuda paathaala, garudapatala, garudapathala, haavukannina gida, hadiki, patalagaruda, sarpagandha, sarpagandhi, shiva naabhi, shivanabhi, sivanabhi, soothra naabhi, sutranabhi, sutranabi

Malayalam (11) - amalpori, chivan avelpori, chuvannavilpuri, cuvanna amalpori, cuvannavilpuri, talunni, tsjovanna-amelpodi, tsjovannaamelpodi, tulunni, vanduvazha, vantuvala

Marathi (6) - adakayi, hadaki, harkaya, harki, mungusavel, sapasanda

Sanskrit (45) -

Sanskrit Comments

ahibhuka, ahilata, ahimardani, bhadra, bhujangakshi, candramarah, candrika, chandrasura, chandrika, charmahantri, chundrika, dhavalavitapa, gandhanakuli, ishwari, karavi, mahaahigandha, mahasugandha, mukta, nagagandha, nagasugandha, nakuladhya, nakuleshta, nakuli, nakuli-dvaya, nandani, pashumahanakarika, patalaganda, phanihantri, raktapatrika, rasna, sarpagandha, sarpagandhakhya, sarpakshi, sarpangi, sarpasugandha, sugandha, surasa, surpadini, suvaha, vasara, vasupushpa, vishamardani, vishamardanika, vishanashini, vyalangandha

Tamil (25) - cantiracurai, cantirikai1, carpakanta, carpakanti, carppakantam, carppakkantam, chivan amelpodi, chivan melpodi, chivan-sarpagandhi, chivanamelpodi, civan mel poti, civanapivalli, covannamilpodi, covannamilpori, covannamilpori#, covannamilpori@, cuttiranapi, cuttiranavi, cuvanamilpoti, pampukala, sarpagaanthi, sarppaganti, sivan amalpodi, sovannamilbori, tsjovanna amelpodi

Telugu (12) - dumparaasna, dumparasna, paathaalagandhi, paathaalagaruda, patala gani, patala garidi, patalagandhi, patalagaruda, patalgaani, patalganni, sarpa gandhi, sarpagandhi

Tibetan (1) - na gu la

Urdu (3) - asarol saida, asrol, chota chand