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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 - 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 - GANAS OF VAHATA
Author - N.S. MOOSS
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 - INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL CODEX VOL.I
Author - MUKERJI,B
Title - MATERIA INDICA
Author - WHITELAW AINSLIE
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - SOME CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS OF INDIA
Author - DR. BAPLAL VAIDYA

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons)

Distribution

Maharashtra: Sindhudurg.

Title - Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons)

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

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2

Distribution

Tripura : Throughout India, from the foot of the Himalayas to Sri Lanka and Malesia. In wet places

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2

Author - D.B. DEB

Botanical Name -

Alpinia galanga (L.) WILLD.

Full Botanical citation -

Alpinia galanga (L.) Sw., Obs. Bot. 6. 1791; Sabu.M., Zingiberaceae & Costaceae of South India, Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, 57. 2006.

Family -

ZINGIBERACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Folk

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Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Costus arabicus L.
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Full Botanical citation -
Costus arabicus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 2. 1753, Gen Pl. ed. 5. 2. 1754; Sabu.M, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India, Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, 251. 2006.

Vernacular names -

Total 180 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

English (1) - siamese ginger

Hindi (9) - bara-kalijan, bara-kulanjan, barakalijan, barakulanjan, barakulinjan, kulanajn, kulanjan, kulinjan, saphed-panaki-jhad

Kannada (18) - dhumarasmi, doddadumprashme, doopparaasme, dumbaraasme, dumbarasme, dumbraashta, dumpa rasme, dumpa-rasmi, dumparaasme, dumrashta, gandhamoola, kulinjana, raasmi, rasmi, rasmini, sugandhavachi, sugandhavaci, sughandavachi

Malayalam (6) - aratta, chitta-ratta, cittaratta, pera-ratta, peraratta, perasatta

Marathi (4) - kolinjan, kosht-kulinjan, koshtkulinjan, kulimjan

Sanskrit (32) -

Sanskrit Comments

aruna, dhumala, dhumparastma, dumparastma, elaparni, gandhamula, gandhavaruni, kapidruma, kemooka, koraja, kulangana, kulanja, kulanjana, kulin-jana, kulinjana, kushtam, mahabaravach, mahabharavacha, mahabhari vaca, mahabharivaca, malayavaca, nakuli, patala, purusha, raktapushpa, rasna, sthulagranthi, sugandha, sugandhamula, sugandhavacha, sugandhayoga, tikshnamula

Tamil (98) - akkulati, anaivacampu, anandam, anantam 1, anantatam, ananti#, ananti@, aracanam 2#, aracanam 2@, araddai, arattai, ardubam, arppatumam, arttupam, arttuvam, artupam, atitipam, attumam, attumam#, attumam@, atumam, cakunam, canna rastakam, caramarutam, cattiratci, cattiratti, cencaram, cerukkampam, cikamatakikam, cikamatam, cirenki, citakampam, cukantam 1, curacam, curatakku, curatakkutam, elaparani, erarattai, iracana#, iracana@, iracanacikam, iracanakikam, iracina, iratanai, irattaputpam 1, irattarenu, kandanaguliyam, kantamulam 1, kantanakuliyam, katiyastakam, kattiratci, kentacamakan, kentakanarani, kostum, kottakarai, kulancam, mitintarattai, mitintu, mulatiracam, mutical, nakuli 1, narayanam, natanatam, oramrundu, ormaruntu, pavanam, pera-rattai, peraraddai, perarathai, perarathi, perarattai, perarattai#, perarattai@, perearetei, periareta, purantam, putakani, sattiradji, sugandam, thumbrashtagam, tiritosavatakacakkini, tittikam, tittipam, tittiram, tittiyam#, tittiyam@, tummarastakam, tumpakam 2, tumparastakam, tumparattakam, tumparattam, tumpurastakam, tumpurattakam, tumpurattam, tumras takam, turani, uttamam, vamanaci

Telugu (8) - dumparaashtrakamu, dumparashtrakamu, kachoramu, pedda-dhumpa, pedda-dumpa-rashtrakam, peddadumparaashtrakmu, peddadumparashtrakamu, rash-trakam

Urdu (4) - badi khulanjan, khulanjan, khulanjan nim kofta, kulanjan