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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 - 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 - THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA PART 1. VOL.1
Author - ANONYMOUS

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Distribution

Cultivated

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

Cultivated for its pods, used as vegetables in Bilaspur and Sagar 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

Cultivated in all warm countries, native of tropical Asia.

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Author - D.B. DEB

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

INDIA: Wildely Cultivated; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Kangra.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

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

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

Distribution

Maharashtra: Usually cultivated as an vegetable, often found as an escape.

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

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

Botanical Name -

Vigna unguiculata (L.) WALP. subsp. cylindrica (L.) ESELT.

Full Botanical citation -

Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp., Repert. Bot. 1: 779. 1842 ssp. cylindrica (L.) van Eseltine, Hendricks, Veg. New York 1.2: 11. 1931; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 3

Family -

FABACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Folk, Sowa-Rigpa

Botanical Synonyms (6) -

Dolichos catiang L.
Dolichos catjang L.
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Full Botanical citation -
Dolichos catjang Burm.f., Fl. Indica 161. 1768; 387: R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 303. 1999
Dolichos sinensis L.
Vigna catjang ENDL.
Vigna cylindrica SKEELS
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Full Botanical citation -
Vigna cylindrica (L.) Skeels, US. Dept. Agric. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 282: 32. 1913; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 303. 1999
Vigna unguiculeta (L.) WALP.
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Full Botanical citation -
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp., Repert. Bot. 1: 779. 1842; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 303. 1999.

Vernacular names -

Total 126 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

English (5) - asparagus bean, chowlee, cowpea, gubgub, yawa

Hindi (15) - bora, chola, chowli, kulath, kulathi, lobia, lobiya, lota, raish, rausa, rawas, rianish, santa, soonth, souta

Kannada (20) - ala-sandi, alasabde, alasande, alasandi, alasandige, alasundi, alsandi, chelaavare, halasande, hurali, hurali jurli, huruli kaayi, kaalu, kaaraamani, kadagani, kursana pairu, kursandi, kursanpayaro, tadagunni, tadagunny

Malayalam (5) - alasendi, kottappayar, paeru, payar, vellappayar

Marathi (6) - alasunda, chaoli, chavali, chavli, kulith, kulthi

Sanskrit (26) -

Sanskrit Comments

alasandra, alasandrah, capala, cavala, chapala, chavala, dirghabija, dirghashimbi, dvijasapta, kshudhabhijanaka, kulartha, kulatha, mahamasa, mahamasah, mahamasha, marutkara, nilamasha, nishpava, nripamasha, nripochita, rajamasah, rajamasha, rishpava, sitamasha, sukumara, varvata

Tamil (35) - caramunnipayira, caramunny-pyre, ceviriyam, civapputtattaippayiru, ilatai 4, iyavakam#, iyavakam@, kaanam, kaattu ulundu, kantampayaru, karamani, karamanikkay, karamanippayaru, karmani 2, karmanikkoti, kattuppayarrankoti, kollu, kulam, kulappayaru, merkolaki, panavi, panavikkoti, parunkara, parunkaramani, payarrankanni, payarrankannippayaru, payarrankay, payarrankaykkoti, payarrankoti, perunkaramani, peruntattaippayaru, tattaippayarrinkoti, tattankay, tattankaykkoti, thattapayir

Telugu (12) - alasandalu, alu-sundi, alusendi, alusundi, boberlu, bobra, duntapesalu, duntu-pesulu, duntuppesalu, kaaraamanulu, vulavalu, wulavalli

Tibetan (2) - ra dza sa ste (d), ra dza sa ta