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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA, FIRST EDITION 1908, 3RD EDITION 1954
Author - LATE DR.K.M.NADKARNI & A.K.NADKARNI
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS VOLUME .VOL 1-5
Author - WARRIER,P.K. et al (EDS.)

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - FLORA OF RAJASTHAN

Distribution

Rajasthan. Nepal, India (Assam, Andaman Islands, Western Ghats, Concan), Sri Lanka.

Title - FLORA OF RAJASTHAN

Author - KUNDAN K SHARMA & SHIVA SHARMA

Botanical Name -

Mussaenda frondosa L.

Full Botanical citation -

Mussaenda frondosa L., Sp. Pl. 177. 1753; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 543. 1999.

Family -

RUBIACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Folk

Vernacular names -

Total 41 Vernacular names found in 7 languages.

Hindi (2) - bebina, bedina

Kannada (10) - balethappu, belloti, belloti-gida, bellotigida, bellotti, bolletappu, ipparati, ippiriti, ipri, vellaellay

Malayalam (9) - belilla, vallil, vellila, vellilai, vellilam, vellilattali, vellimaithali, vellimayittali, vellithali

Marathi (1) - bhutakesi

Sanskrit (5) -

Sanskrit Comments

nagvalli, rajatarih, shrivatte, sribati, sriparnah

Tamil (12) - matantai, vallai, vallai matantai, vella-ellay, vellai ilai, vellaiyilai, vellallay, velli ilai, velli matantai, vellilai 2, vellimatantai, velliyilaicceti

Telugu (2) - nagavalli, sribati