Medicinal plants:ayurvedic herbs and flowers of India

Agati sesbania is also known as August flower, Australian corkwood tree, Flamingo bill, Hummingbird tree, Vegetable hummingbird, Grandiflora, Sesban, Swamp pea, Tiger tongue, West Indian pea and white dragon tree. It is called Agasti, Bak, Basma, Basna, Chogache, Hatiya, Gaach Munga in Hindi, Agati, Agusta, Bagphal, Bak, Bake in Bengali, Heta in Marathi, Houwaimal in Manipuri, Agathio in Gujarati, Sevvagatti, Muni, Akatthi and peragathi in Tamil, Agase and agastya in Kannada, Akaththi in Malayalam, Ettagise, Sukanasamu, Avisi and agise in Telugu, Agst in Urdu, Varnari, Munipriya, Agasthi, Agastya, Munitaru, Vangasenaka ,Drigapalaka in Sanskrit. In Oriya we call it Agasti .       Its botanical name is Sesbania grandiflora. The generic name is derived from an Arab word for one of the species, S. sesban. The specific epithet means large-flowered in Latin.     Agasti or August flower is a small , fast-growing, sparsely branched , soft wooded tree that grows

Country-mallow is also known as Snake mallow , flannelweed, Heartleaf Fanpetals, Long-stalk Sida, Heart-Leaf Sida etc. it is called Bananiyar, Faridbuti, Bhyunli and bhuinii in Hindi , Bhumi petari, Bhuinchikna, Bhoybal in Marathi, Junka in Bengali, Kurunthotti, Palampasi, Mayirmanikkam in Tamil, Vallikkuruntotti , Kuruntotti, Nela-Vaga in Malayalam, Benda, Gayapaku, Tirunala in Telugu, Bekkinathale Gida in Kannada, Bhoybala in Gujarati , Bhumibala, Nagabala, Rajbala, Gangeruki , Visvadeva, Jhasna, Kharagandhika, Khanda, Hrasva Gavedhuka in Sanskrit. In Oriya we call it Bisiripi .   Its Botanical name is Sida Cordata (also Melochia cordata, Sida humilis, Sida veronicifolia ). The generic name Sida Cordta is derived from Greek word Sida which means a species of water lily. Cordata means heart shaped. The leaves of the plant have obviously that shape. It’s a common weed found everywhere in tropical countries. It is found throughout India in ro

Etymology and Names of Passion flower( Passiflora ) Passion Flower is also called Passiflorina, Passion Vine, Maypop, Flower of the Five Wounds , Water Lemon, Apricot vine, Passionaria, Passionblume. It is called Jhumkalata and Ghari bel in Hindi, Krishna Kamala in Marathi, Jhumkalata in Bengali, Radhika nachom in Manipuri, Tella Jumiki in Telugu, Kukki Belli and Krishna Kamala in Kannada, Cirran cantia in Malayalam, and sirupoonaikali in Tamil. In Oriya we call it Radha Tamala and in some areas panchu pandab . Passiflora Soi Fah Passion flower is a genus of over 530 species of flowering plants. Its botanical name is Passiflora (family- Passifloraceae) . Passion flower vine produces very beautiful white flowers with purple, blue, or pink calyx crown blooms. The blooming period is from May to July but it flowers almost all the year

Barleria or Philippine Violet, Bluebell Barleria, Crested Philippine Violet, Ganges primrose is called kala bansa, Patro, Tadrelu in Hindi, Jhinti, Swetjhan ti in Bengali, Jhinili in Assamese, Gokran, Koranti, Nilakoranta in Marathi , Jhante, Kinkiraatha, Mullu Gorate, Patikada Hoo, Sphatika in Kannada, Karimkurunni in Malayalam, Kattukkanagambaram, Mulkanagambaram, Vellai Nilambara m Semmulli, Uta Mulli in Tamil , December Puvvulu, Kodikannu, Neerugoranta, Thellaneelambari in Telugu, Artagala, Swetapuspa, Nasi,Batasarika,Kurantaka, Kuravaka, Sahaacara, in Sanskrit. Actually all the 4 varieties are called differently in Sanskrit. Yellow Barleria is called Kuruntaka, Saireyaka and Vajaradanti . Pink one is called Kurubaka , Blue Barleria is called Bana and blue -lilac one is called Dasi and Artagala . White Barleria is called Dev Karonti. In my mother tongue Oriya we call it Das Kerenta . Its botanical name is Barleria cristata L.(Blue), Barleria prion

Etymology and Names of  Plumeria or katha champa Plumeria or Frangipani is called Gulchin and Golenchi in Hindi, Kathgolop in Bengali, Champha in Marathi, Khagi-leihao-angouba in Manipuri, Nela sampangi in Tamil, Chaempae in Konkani. In Oriya we call it Katha Champa . Some of the popular names of this tree are Temple Tree or Pagoda Tree in India and the Far East, Graveyard Tree in the Caribbean Islands, Temple Flower in Sri Lanka. The Plumeria is the national tree of Laos, where it is called dok jampa . It’s no doubt the most popular flower in the tropics and almost its floral symbol. plumeria Its botanical name is Plumeria. Plumeria has got its generic name from Charles Plumier, a 17th Century French botanist who discovered the tree. And the other name frangipani has come from the Italian perfumer named Marquis Frangipani in the 16th century even before the plant was discovered. White Plumeria is called Plumeria Alba and Red variety is known as Plumeria Rubra (variati

Cassia siamea or Senna siamea is also called Siamese Senna , Black-Wood Cassia, Bombay Blackwood, Cassia, Iron Wood, Kassod Tree, Thai Copper, Thai Cassia, and Thailand Shower Pod. It is called Seemia and Kassod in Hindi, Kassod in Marathi, Sima tangedu, Hiretangedi,   Motovolanyaro in Kannada , Manjal konrai, Manje-konne, Beati , Vakai and Chelumalarkkonrai  in Tamil Manjakonna, Manjakonnei   in Malayalam, Nela thangedu, Sima tangedu , Kurumbi in Telugu. In Oriya we call it Chakunda .   Its botanical name is Cassia siamea (also Cassia florida Vahl, Cassia siamea Lamk. Senna sumatrana Roxb). C. siamea is native to south and Southeast Asia. It is a medium sized fast-growing perennial tree which rarely exceeds 20 mtrs. in height, with a straight trunk around 30 cm in diameter, with numerous foliage, large spires of yellow blooms, which are followed, in a couple of months, by a crown of red-brown pods. It has a crooked stems, the Bark is gray or light brown, smoot