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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
Title - A HANDBOOK OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
Author - DR.P.N.V.KURUP, DR.V.N.K.RAMADAS & JOSHI,P
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - GLOSSARY OF VEGETABLE DRUGS IN BRHTTRAYI
Author - THAKUR BALWANT SINGH & DR. K.C.CHUNEKAR
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 - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION
Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare
Title - THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA PART 1. VOL.1
Author - ANONYMOUS

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh)

Distribution

Global: Himalaya. Chamba: Rare, 1600 - 2300 m.

Title - Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh)

Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III

Distribution

INDIA: Himalaya - Himachal Pradesh to Nepal; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Simla.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III

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

Botanical Name -

Hedychium spicatum BUCH.-HAM.

Full Botanical citation -

Hedychium spicatum Ham. ex Sm. in Rees, Cyclop 17: 3. 1811; Sabu.M, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India, Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, 202. 2006.

Family -

ZINGIBERACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Unani, Folk, Sowa-Rigpa

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Vernacular names -

Total 67 Vernacular names found in 9 languages.

English (1) - abir

Hindi (9) - bagldu, gandhapalashi, kachor, kafur-kachri, kapurakachari, kapurkachri, kapurkachur, selru, sitruti

Kannada (2) - gandha saathi, gandhashati

Marathi (7) - kapoorakachari, kapurakachari, kapurkachur, seer, sonatakka, sutthee, vilaayithi kachhar

Sanskrit (40) -

Sanskrit Comments

amlaharidra, amlanisha, durva, gandapatari, gandasati, gandha, gandhamuli, gandhamulika, gandhapalashi, gandhapalasi, gandharika, gandhasati, gandhavadhu, gandholi, haimi, haridracchadana, himaja, himodbhava, jimutamula, kachhora, karbura, karchura, karpura, karpurakachali, ndhori, prithupalashika, prthupalasika, samudra, sathi, sati, saumya, shadugrantha, shathi, shati, shedwa, sugandha, sugandhamula, sugandhasati, suvata, tuni

Tamil (5) - cimai kiccilikkilanku, malai inci, shimai-kich-chilik-kishangu, shimai-kich-chilik-kizhangu, simaikkichilikkilhangu

Telugu (1) - sima-kich-chili-gaddalu

Tibetan (1) - zur pa dkar po

Urdu (1) - kapurakachari