Indigenous Medicinal Plants and their Practical Utility
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgement. Introduction. Indigenous medicinal plants. 1. Abrus precatorices Linn. 2. Abutilon indicum G. Don. 3. Acacia catechu (L.f.) wild. 5. Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) wild. 6. Acalypha indica Linn. 7. Achyranthes aspera Linn. 8. Acorus calamus Linn. … 1. Bauhunia variegata Linn. 2. Boerhavia diffusa Linn. 3. Bombax ceiba Linn. … 1. Cannabis sativa Linn. 2. Cassia absus Linn. 3. Cassia auricalata Linn. 4. Cassia fistula Linn. 5. Cassia occidentalis Linn. … 1. Eclipta prostrate Roxb (Syn. E. alba). 2. Euphorbia hirta Linn. 3. Ferula narthex Linn. 4. Ficus bengalensis Linn. … 1. Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn. 1. Helicteres isora Linn. 2. Hemidesmus indicus R. Br. 1. Jatropha inermis Linn. 1. Lawsonia inermis Linn. 2. Linum asitatissimum Linn. 1. Madhuca Indica Gmel. 2. Melia azadarach Linn. 3. Mimosa pudica Linn. 4. Mimusops elengi Linn. … 1. Nerium indicum Mill. 2. Nyctathes arbortristis Linn. 1. Ocimum basilicam Linn. 2. Oxalis corniculata Linn. 1. Papaver somniferum Linn. 2. Piper betle Linn. 3. Phyllanthes emblica L. 4. Phyllanthus niruri L. … 1. Rauwolfia seropentina Linn. 2. Ricinus communis Linn. 1. Semecarpus anacardium Linn. 2. Solanum nigrum Linn. 3. Solanum xanthocarpum Sch and Wend. 4. Spathodea companulata Beauv. … 1. Tephrosia purpurea Pers. 2. Terminalia bellarica Roxb. 3. Terminalia chebula Retz. 4. Tinospora cordifolia Miers. … 1. Vateria indica Linn. 2. Vitex negundo Linn. 3. Vitis quadranguloris Wall. 1. Withania somnifera Dunal. 1. Xanthium Strumarium Linn. 1. Zingiber officinate Rose. 2. Zizyphus jujuba Linn. 3. Zizyphus mauritiana Lank. References.
The book includes habit, habitat of the plant its components ailments Ayurveda properties and action of medication and is useful to everyone interested in the green health therapy. A number of valuable medicinal plants are threatened with extinction, because of unsustainable over exploitation and habitat destruction. Silent features of this book are to facilitate identification of plants line drawing of all plants with their characteristics botanical feature, vernacular name are presented. The present compilation is intended to be good ready reference work for teachers, students and research workers in medicine both traditional and Ayurvedic also in botany, agriculture, forestry and pharmacy.
