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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 - 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 - 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 - MATERIA INDICA
Author - WHITELAW AINSLIE
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - PHARMACOGNOSY OF AYURVEDIC DRUGS NOS. 01 & 02
Author - ANONYMOUS
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 - The Flora of Kerala Vol I

Distribution

Asia to Australia; cultivated almost throughout India.

Title - The Flora of Kerala Vol I

Author - Ed. P. Daniel

Title - FLORA OF ASSAM

Distribution

Assam : Cultivated in tea gardens

Title - FLORA OF ASSAM

Author - KANJILAL & BOR

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Distribution

Banswara, Ganganagar, Kota, Sawaimadhopur, Udaipur. Rarely found in wastelands, usually planted along the roads

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Distribution

Commonly cultivated in India, Persia, China. Tripura: Planted as an avenue tree

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Author - D.B. DEB

Title - Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh)

Distribution

Global: Indomalaysia. Chamba: Common around Chamba, 600 - 1500 m.

Title - Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh)

Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

INDIA: Commonly cultivated in India. Wild in the sub Himalayan tract; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Kinnaur, Kulu, Simla.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

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

Title - FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1

Distribution

Indo-Malaya, cultivated in Meghalaya, Umling, Khasi Hills

Title - FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1

Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R

Title - A Forest Flora for Kumaon

Distribution

Kumaon

Title - A Forest Flora for Kumaon

Author - A.E. Osmaston

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

Distribution

Maharashtra: In the outskirts of moist deciduous forests, frequently planted along roadsides.

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1

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

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Distribution

Native in W. Himalaya and naturalized in China, Burma, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey

Title - THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I

Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Title - Flora of West Bengal Vol 1

Distribution

Planted almost throughout the plains of West Bengal.

Title - Flora of West Bengal Vol 1

Author - BSI Scientist

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Distribution

Tons valley: Common throughout the valley at lower elevations.

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao

Botanical Name -

Melia azedarach L.

Full Botanical citation -

Melia azedarach L., Sp. Pl. 384. 1753; S.S. Jain & Bennet in Hajra & al., Fl. India 4: 494. 1997.

Family -

MELIACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Folk, Sowa-Rigpa

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Vernacular names -

Total 158 Vernacular names found in 10 languages.

English (9) - bakain, cape lilac, ceylon cedar, ceylon mahogany, chinese berry, chinese tree, indian or persian lilac, lunumidella, white cedar

Hindi (17) - bakai, bakain, bakain.drek, bakarja, bakayan, betain, daikan, darek, deikna, dek, derk, desi-neem, drek, gowd-neem, maha-ninb, mahanimb, pakaraja

Kannada (33) - arabaevu, arebaevu, arebevu, baevu, bettada-bevina, bettada-bevu, bettadabevu, bevu, bhikka bevu, chikbevu, chikka baevu, chikkabevu, cikkabevu, garadavedu, garuda baevu, garudabevu, garudabevu juchubevu, huccabevu, hucchu baevu, huccubevu, huchha bevu, huchhu bevu, hutchubevu, issapuri, kaadu baevu, kad-bevu, kadbevu, sikkabevu, turaka-bevu, turakabevu, turkalimma, visabevu, vishabevu

Malayalam (12) - aryaveppu, chonagil, conakil, kattuveppu, malaivaimboo, malaivembu, malavembu, malaveppu, maleivembu, mullayvaempoo, valiyaveppu, veppu

Marathi (9) - bakaanaa nim, bakananimb, firangi-nimb, kadabaya nim, limbara, senji, vilaaythinimb, vilayatinimb, vvilayati-nim

Sanskrit (39) -

Sanskrit Comments

akshadru, arista, brihannimba, dreka, drekah, dreki, gairika, giripatra, himadruma, kaidarya, kaitarya, kakanda, karmuka, kshira, mahadroksha, mahanimba, mahanimbah, mahapichumanda, mahatikta, nimba, nimbah, nimbaka, parvata, parvata-nimba-vrikshaha, parvatanimba, parvatanimbah, parvatanimbavraksha, pavaneshta, pichumanthah, pitchumanda, prabhadra, ramyaka, ramyakah, ravipriya, sakaleyaka, vembaka, vishamushtika, vranashodhakari, vrishahai

Tamil (14) - malai vembu, malai vempu, malai-vembu, malai-veppam, malaivembu, malaivempu, malaiveppam, malay vembu, manatakali, pejri, pisidam, sigarinimbam, tittam, turuka vembu padrai

Telugu (17) - bhurak vepa, kali-yapa, karandvepa, koda-vepa, konda-vepa, kondavepa, tarukvepa, thoorakavaypay, thurakavaepa, thurakavepa, turaka-vepu, turakavepa, turka vepa, turukavepa, verrivepa, verriveppa, vettiveppa

Tibetan (1) - ni mba chen po

Urdu (7) - bakayana, bakayin, burge bakain, maghz tukhm bakayan, maghz tukhum-i-bakain, poast bakayan, poast bakayen