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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS VOLUME .VOL 1-5
Author - WARRIER,P.K. et al (EDS.)

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - The Flora of Kerala Vol I

Distribution

Global: Myanmar and Sri Lanka. India: Andaman Islands & S.India. Kerala: Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur & Wynad. Evergreen forests and along backwaters.

Title - The Flora of Kerala Vol I

Author - Ed. P. Daniel

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

Distribution

Maharashtra: In semi-evergreen forests. Sindhudurg, S. Konkan.

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

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

Botanical Name -

Quassia indica (GAERTN.) NOOTEBOOM

Full Botanical citation -

Quassia indica (Gaertner) Nooteb. in Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. I. 6: 199. 1962; R.K. Basak in Hajra & al., Fl. India 4: 420. 1997.

Family -

SIMAROUBACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Folk

Botanical Synonyms (2) -

Samadera indica GAERTN.
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Full Botanical citation -
Samadera indica Gaertner, Fruct. 2: 352. t. 156. f.3. 1791; R.K. Basak in Hajra & al., Fl. India 4: 420. 1997.
Samadera lucida WALL.
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Full Botanical citation -
Samadera lucida (Wall.) Planch. in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 562. 1854; E.Vajravelu in P. Daniel in Fl. Kerala 1: 620. 2005.

Vernacular names -

Total 19 Vernacular names found in 7 languages.

Hindi (1) - lokhanti

Kannada (2) - nipa, samdera

Malayalam (8) - karin-njota, karinghola, karinghota, karingota, karingotta, karinjotta, karinnotta, notta

Marathi (1) - lokhandi

Sanskrit (1) -

Sanskrit Comments

gucchakaranjah

Tamil (5) - karincottai, nibam, niepa, nipa, nipam

Telugu (1) - lokanti