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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - ASTANGA HRIDAYA KOSHA
Author - ANONYMOUS
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.)
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Distribution

Cultivated

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Distribution

Tons valley:Cultivated for vegetables and some times found as an escape in waste places

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

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

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2

Distribution

Tripura : Cultivated in winter

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2

Author - D.B. DEB

Botanical Name -

Beta vulgaris L.

Full Botanical citation -

Beta vulgaris L., Sp. Pl. 222. 1753; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 114. 1999.

Family -

CHENOPODIACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy

Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Beta benghalensis ROXB.

Vernacular names -

Total 23 Vernacular names found in 8 languages.

English (6) - beetroot, mangel-wurzel or mangold, mangold, spinach beet, sugarbeet, swiss chard

Hindi (5) - chakundar, chukandar, chukander, cukkandan, palak

Kannada (3) - beet root, beetrootu, rakthagadde

Malayalam (3) - bittruttu, cencira, neycira

Marathi (1) - bit

Sanskrit (3) -

Sanskrit Comments

palakya, palanki, raktagrnjana

Tamil (1) - cencirai

Urdu (1) - tukhm chuqandar