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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4
Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons)

Distribution

Maharashtra: Bombay, Sindhudurg.

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons)

Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol III

Distribution

Said to be native in India from Bengal to Coromandel. Sri Lanka, Malay Peninsula; widely cultivated in tropical Asia. Orissa: Gandhamardan; Similipahar; Ganjam. Frequent in damp, shady forests.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol III

Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Botanical Name -

Zingiber purpureum ROSC.

Family -

ZINGIBERACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Folk

Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Zingiber cassumunar ROXB.

Vernacular names -

Total 36 Vernacular names found in 7 languages.

English (1) - cassumar ginger

Hindi (3) - ban-ada, banada, jangli adrak

Kannada (6) - agala shunti, agale shunti, agalesunthi, agalu shunti, kaadushunti, kadushunti

Marathi (6) - malabari halad, nisa, nisan, nisana, penlekosht, penlekshot

Sanskrit (4) -

Sanskrit Comments

ardrakam, ardrika, peu, vanardraka

Tamil (3) - kattumanjal, nn, vvanarttirakam

Telugu (13) - adavi pasupu, banada, kaarallamu, karallamu, karpushpoo, karpushpu, karu pasupu, karu-allamu, karu-pasupu, karuallumu, karupasupu, koorapasupu, kurapasupu