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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN SYNONYMS
Author - MOODEEN SHERIFF
Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
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 - 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 Rajasthan Vol. 1

Distribution

Ajmer. Rare, in the forests

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh

Title - Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal)

Distribution

Bankura(WB): Jhilimili and Joypur forests. Fl: Mar-Apl. Fr: May-June.

Title - Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal)

Author - Sanyal M.N.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Volume 1

Distribution

Bihar, W.Bengal, C.India, SW.India. Sri Lanka, Myanmar. Orissa: Common in the hill forests.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Volume 1

Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

Chhindawara, Durg, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Mandla, Raipur, Raisen, Rajnandgaon, Seoni, Shahdol In mixed forests

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

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

Title - Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1

Distribution

Dangs and Saurashtra; rare.

Title - Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1

Author - G.L.Shah

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

Distribution

Maharashtra: In moist and dry deciduous forests, frequent. Akola, Amravati, Chandrapur, Dhule, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Thane, Yavatmal.

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, Sri Lanka

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Title - Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh)

Distribution

Srikakulam (AP): Mekava, near Donubayi, Srikakulam Agensy, Jadupalli. Fairly common in the interior deciduous forests areas.

Title - Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh)

Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu

Botanical Name -

Butea superba ROXB.

Full Botanical citation -

Butea superba Roxb. ex. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 917. 1802; N.P.Singh &al., Fl.Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones, 1: Fl.India Ser. 2: 611. 2000.

Family -

FABACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Folk

Vernacular names -

Total 55 Vernacular names found in 7 languages.

Hindi (5) - bel-palas, kesu, kimsuka, palas, palaslata

Kannada (14) - balli-muttaga, dagadar, ippaarathi, kaithi, mullu mutthuga, mullumuttuga, muthugabilu, muthugina-baili, muthuginaballi, muttanabilu, mutthugada balli, muttugada balli, muttuginaballi, valavarai

Malayalam (4) - palas-vel, palas-wail, valli-murukka, valliplach-cha

Marathi (4) - beltivas, palasavela, palasvel, yelparas

Sanskrit (5) -

Sanskrit Comments

latapalasa, latapalasha, palasha-niryasam, palasini, vallipalasah

Tamil (8) - kodi-murukkam, kodi-murukkan, kodi-palasham, koti murukkan, kotimurukkam, kotippalacam, murukkan pishin, palasha-pishin

Telugu (15) - baaranki chettu, moduga, modugaige, modugatheega, modugatige, mothugatiga, teegamoduga, theegemoduga, thigamoduga, thivvamoduga, tiga moduga, tigamuduga, tige-palashamu, tigemoduga, tivvamoduga