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Sigesbeckia orientalis (L.)-Teenpath (तीनपथ)
stara1982 August 30, 2021 Uncategorized
Family: AstraceaeSynonyms: Minyranthes heterophylla, Sigesbeckia brachiata, Sigesbeckia caspica, Sigesbeckia gracilis, Sigesbeckia humilis, Sigesbeckia iberica Common Name: Holy herb, Indian-weed, stickyweed,Local Name: Teenpath (तीनपथ) Teenpath is a plant of  tropical and subtropical regions and is commonly present throughout India. It usually grows  wild and frequently found in  open, waste lands, roadsides, fallow fields and forest  up to  an altitude of 2400m in
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Grewia eriocarpa A.- Pharsu (फारसू)
stara1982 August 25, 2021 Uncategorized
Family: TiliaceaeSynonyms: G. asiatica var.vestita; G. asiatica var. vestita; G, mesopoda; G.elatostamiodes; G. elastica; G. elastica var.vestita;  G, lantsangensis; G.hypotephra; G. negrosensis;  G. vestita;Common Name: DhamanLocal  Name: Pharsu (फारसू)  Dhaman. Pharsu is a medium to large sized deciduous tree of Western Himalayas found  growing in margins of field, roadsides, open woodlands, shrublands, grasslands  and hills at
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Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle – Atis (अतीस), Patish
stara1982 August 11, 2021 Uncategorized
Family: RanunculaceaeSynonyms: Aconitum atees, Aconitum cordatum, Aconitum kashmiricum, Aconitum ovatum, Aconitum petiolare. English Name: Atis roots, Indian Atis, Hin, Atis.Local Name: Atis (अतीस), Patish Atis is a perennial herbaceous medicinal wild edible plant  of Western Himalayas found growing upto an altitude of 2,300 -2,900 metres.  Stem  is eract that can be branched or unbranched and can grow
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Podophyllum hexandrum (Royle.)-Bankakri (बनककरी)
stara1982 August 6, 2021 Uncategorized
Family: Podophyllaceae.Synonym: Sinopodophyllum hexandrum, Podophyllum emodiCommon Name:  Himalayan May Apple, Indian Podophyllum,  Local  Name: Bankakri (बनककरी) Bankakri is native  and endemic1 plant of Himalayas, which is widely used in traditional and modern medicine. Rhizomes  of this plant yield podophylline and podophyllotoxin which are used in production of modern anticancerous drugs 2. Bankakri  is  succulent, eract herbaceous  and glabrous  plant arises from creeping long knotty
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