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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 - 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 - THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION
Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 3

Distribution

Ajmer, Banswara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jhalawar, Sirohi, Tonk. Commonly found near moist places particularly in sandy and clayey soils

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 3

Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh

Title - FLORA OF ASSAM

Distribution

Assam

Title - FLORA OF ASSAM

Author - KANJILAL & BOR

Title - Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal)

Distribution

Bankura (WB): Chakdah. Tolerably common in open grass lands, on dry sandy soils. Fl-Fr: June-Oct.

Title - Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal)

Author - Sanyal M.N.

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons)

Distribution

Maharashtra: Bombay, Chandra[ur, Nagpur, Nasik, Thane.

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons)

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

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol IV

Distribution

Plains of India. Throughout the Middle East to Indo-China; north and tropical Africa. Orissa: Similipahar; Paniganda and R.Udaygiri, Ganjam; Phulbani, Sambalpur; Kalahandi. In open grasslands, forest clearings etc.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol IV

Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Title - Flora of the Indian Desert

Distribution

Syria, Egypt, Nubia, Pakistan (Sind), India

Title - Flora of the Indian Desert

Author - Bhandari M.M

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

Distribution

Throughout the Middle East to Indo-China; North and tropical Africa

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

Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Title - Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2

Distribution

Throughout, everywhere; common.

Title - Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2

Author - G.L.Shah

Botanical Name -

Desmostachya bipinnata STAPF

Full Botanical citation -

Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 7: 632. 1900; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Dist. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 658. 1999.

Family -

POACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Sowa-Rigpa

Botanical Synonyms (2) -

Eragrostis cynosuroides BEAUV.
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Full Botanical citation -
Eragrostis cynosuroides P.Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 71, 162. 1812; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Dist. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 658. 1999.
Poa cynosuroides RETZ.

Vernacular names -

Total 130 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

Hindi (9) - dab, dabhena, dabro, davoli, dhab, doab, durva, kunja, kusha

Kannada (2) - dharbe, kusha

Malayalam (2) - darbha, darbhappullu

Marathi (3) - daabh, darbha, kusha

Sanskrit (22) -

Sanskrit Comments

barhi, darbha, darbhah, durbha, garbha, hrasva, kukuka, kurava, kusa, kusah, kusha, kutha, kutupa, munisastra, pavitra, puvitrung, siri, suchyagra, sucyagra, yajnabhusana, yajnabhushana, yajnanga

Tamil (79) - acamantakam, arkkam, cakutcuka, canam1, cattanakuccam, cepappul1, cucakam1, cukiya, curumakantam, curumakantappul, curumam, cutakappul, cuyiracam, cuyirakam, cuyiram, darbhaipul, ekkiyacattan, kamavelam1, karumamulam, katalancikam, kucaippul, kucam, kucamaram, kucantam, kucappul, kuccam, kuccam1, kucumopanam, kumutakam, kumutam, kumutam2, kumutappul, kuram1@, kurappul, kurccai, kurccarappul, kutam1, kutampam, kutapapul, kuyam, muncai, naccuppul, nakkaruttan, nakkaruttan pul, nakkaruttanpul, notankucam, notankucappul, pauttirappul, pavittirakam, pavittiri, pavittiriyam, pavittiriyappul, perunkattikam, perunkattukappul, pincalam, piruccami, tarapattiram, tarppai, taruppai, taruppam, teppai, terpai, terppai, terppam, tharuppai, tiranaccoti, tirikalocitam, tirikatocam, tirikatocatappul, tirkkalokitam, tirkkamantiram, umakatam2, umakatkam, umarkatam, umarkkatakam, vicuvamittiram, vicuvamittiram 1, viracai, viracika

Telugu (8) - aswalayana, aswalayana darbha gaddi, dabha, darbha, durpa, kusadarbha, kushadarbha, sadanapu veduru

Tibetan (4) - du ntha (p), ku ntha (p), ku sa, ku sa rnam gcig

Urdu (1) - bikh dab