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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 - LA-HARITA SAMHITA
Author - ALIX RAISON
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - SOME CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS OF INDIA
Author - DR. BAPLAL VAIDYA
Title - STUDIES ON MEDICINAL PLANTS IN DHANVANTARIYA NIGHANTU VOL.1
Author - VAIDYA D.K. KAMAT
Title - THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION
Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

Bastar, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Chhindwara, Mandla, Morena, Raigarh, Raipur, Sidhi

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

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

Title - FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1

Distribution

Commonly cultivated in Meghalaya at lower elevations in jhums

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 Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

INDIA: Throughout India, cultivated; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Chamba.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

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

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Distribution

Tons valley:Commonly cultivated for its fruits

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 Africa and asia; cultivated in all warmer regions

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Distribution

Widely cultivated in India and other tropical countries. Tripura: Cultivated throughout the state. Note: Several cultivated forms varying in size and shapre of the fruit are grown in winter in loam soil. One form is cultivated in rainy season only.

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Author - D.B. DEB

Botanical Name -

Lagenaria siceraria (MOLINA) STANDLEY

Full Botanical citation -

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago Bor. Ser. 3: 435. 1930; H.L. Chakravarty, Fascicles of Flora of India, Fasicle II, Cucurbitaceae, BSI, Howrah, 65. 1982

Family -

CUCURBITACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Folk, Sowa-Rigpa

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Botanical Synonyms (4) -

Cucumis lagenarius DUM.
Cucurbita lagenaria L.
X
Full Botanical citation -
Cucurbita lagenaria L., Sp. Pl. 1010. 1753; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 178. 1999.
Lagenaria leucantha RUSBY.
Lagenaria vulgaris SER.
X
Full Botanical citation -
Lagenaria vulgaris Ser. in Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 3(1): 25. 1825; H.L. Chakravarty, Fascicles of Flora of India, Fasicle II, Cucurbitaceae, BSI, Howrah, 65. 1982

Vernacular names -

Total 166 Vernacular names found in 10 languages.

English (2) - bottle gourd, calabash gourd

Hindi (21) - al tumba, alkaddu, altumba, golkaddu, jangli-khaddu, kaddu, kadutumbari, kadutumbi, kadvilauki, kashiphal, khaddu, lau, lauka, lauki, laukii, mithitumbi, titalau, titalauki, tumba, tumbo, tumri

Kannada (13) - easagori balli, eesugaayi, eesugaayi balli, eesugumbala, elachiballi, gaayi balli, haalu gumbala, halagumbala, halugumbala, kadusore, kahisore, khaisore, sore balli

Malayalam (10) - anapa-kai, bela-schora, bellashora, caca-palam, caipa-schora, kaippan cura, kaippancura, kattucura, katuchuram, peccura

Marathi (9) - bhopla, doodhbhoplaa, doodhya, dudhi, dudhya, kadubhipla, kadubhopla, mharodudhi, ran-bhopla

Sanskrit (37) -

Sanskrit Comments

alabu, alabuh, alavu, bhakshya-alabu, brihatphala, dantabija, evari, ikshavaku, ikshwaku, iksvaku, iksvakuh, katu-tumbi, katukalabu, katukalabuh, katukalambuni, katutiktaka, katutumbi, katutumbiniumbi, kshatriyavira, labuka, lamba, madhura-alabu, mahaphala, nripatmaja, nrtya kundala, phalini, pindaphala, rajputri, tikta-tumbi, tiktabija, tiktaka, tiktalabu, tumba, tumbaka, tumbi, tumbika, tumbini

Tamil (41) - akakkoti, alakam, anakam#, anakam@, cenkotakakkoti, cenkotakam, churai, ciratumpi, curai, curai vittu, curai@, curaicamulam, curaikkay, curaikkoti, curaikkoti#, curaikkoti@, kaippuc-curai, kariccurai, karuncanam1, korkoti, kumatti2, kutampil, kuyampikkati, munakkam, natankay, nattuccurai, nattuccuraikkoti, netuncurai, netuncuraikkoti2, nittakkavitakkay, nittakkavitam, purkoti, shorakkai, sorakai, sorakkai, suraikai, tumpal, tumpalai, tumpam, utiriminti, utirimintikkay

Telugu (19) - aanapa-kai, alaabuvu, alaburu, anapachettu, anapakaaya, anugakaaya, anugakaya, chiti-anab, gubbakaaya, gubbakaya, kundaanuga, kundanuga, nelanuga, nlaanuga, sora kaya, sorakaaya, sorakaya, sorakkaya, surakaya

Tibetan (2) - ku ba, ku ba kha bo

Urdu (12) - ab kaddu sabz, kaddu-e-daraz, kaddu-i-taza tarasha hua, maghz kaddu, maghz kaddu nim kofta, maghz kaddu-i-shirin, maghz tukhm kaddu, maghz tukhm kaddu shirin, maghz tukhm kaddu-i-shirin, maghz tukhme kaddu, maghz-i-tukhm-i-kaddu, moghz tukhm kaddu