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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN SYNONYMS
Author - MOODEEN SHERIFF
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

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II

Distribution

Bastar, Damoh, Hoshangabad, Mandla, Sidhi, Surguja Widely cultivated throughout the state and also as wild along the drains and on abandoned hill tops.

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II

Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra

Title - Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh)

Distribution

Global: Probably native of C. & S.America, now widely distributed. Chamba: Naturalised throughout the area, 600-2500 m.

Title - Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh)

Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II

Distribution

INDIA: Throughout India, cultivated; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Chamba, Kinnaur, Kulu, Simla, Sirmur.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II

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

Title - FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2

Distribution

Meghalaya, cultivated at lower elevations

Title - FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2

Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Distribution

Tons valley:Common near habitation in waste places, also cultivated.

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

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

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2

Distribution

Tripura : Native of South America, cultivated in many countries. Widely cultivated for the tobacco leaves

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2

Author - D.B. DEB

Botanical Name -

Nicotiana tabacum L.

Full Botanical citation -

Nicotiana tabacum L., Sp. Pl. 180. 1753; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 431. 1999.

Family -

SOLANACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy, Folk

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Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Nicotiana macrophylla SPRENG.

Vernacular names -

Total 93 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

English (1) - tobacco

Hindi (12) - bhambakhu, bujjerbhang, hoge-soppu, tamakhu, tamaku, tamarkut, tambaka, tambakhu, tambaku, tampaku, tanbaku, tumak

Kannada (7) - beedi hoorana yele, cigaretu yele gida, hoge soppu, hogesappu, hogesoppu, tambaku, thambaaku

Malayalam (4) - pokala, puka-yila, pukayil, pukayila

Marathi (5) - pan, tamaku, tambaku, thamaaku, thambaaku

Sanskrit (16) -

Sanskrit Comments

dhumapatram, dhumrapatra, dhumrapatrika, gucchaphala, kalanja, krimighni, ksarapatra, ksharapatra, tamakhu, tamakhuh, tamala, tamrakuta, tamrakuttika, tamraparna, vajrabhringi, vajrabhrngi

Tamil (40) - auritayavilai, avipattiram, avippattiram, biramam, birammapattiram, inkariyam, irutticinkam, kanananti, kanananti@, kariyakoracceti, kariyakoram, karuncurai2@, kentuvalikacceti, kentuvalikam, koram1, kotikkaraiccerivu, maccankolli, maccankollicceti, nattuppukaiyilai, paccai pukaiyilai, paittiyankari, piramam, piramapattiram, piramapattiri, piramma pattiram, pittakori, poghei elley, pugai elai, pugai-ilai, pugaielai, pugaiyilai, pugaiyilay, puhaiyilai, pukaiyilai, pukaiyilaicceti, pukayilai, talaipatan, tattirukki, tumam, velathi-chedi

Telugu (6) - dhoomrapathramu, dhumra-patramu, dhumrapatramu, poga aku, pogaaku, pogaku

Urdu (2) - tambaku, tambaku surti