Family: FabaceaeSynonyms: Cassia absus,Cassia babylonica, Cassia coccinea, Cassia exigua, Cassia foliolis, Cassia thonningii, Cassia viscida, Grimaldia absus, Grimaldia absus, Grimaldia opifera, Senna absus, Senna exigua, Senna quadrifolia.Common Name: Pig’s SennaLocal Name:  Chaksoo (चकसू) Chaksoo is a sparsely-branched, erect or sometimes more or less clambering, annual of Western Himalayas  commonly seen growing  on grassy slopes,

Family: Piperaceae Synonyms: Micropiper pellucidum; Peperomia concinna; Peperomia ephemera; Peperomia translucens; Piper concinnum; Piper pellucidum, Peperomia exigua,Common name: Shiny Bush, Slate pencil plant, pepper elder, rat’s ear, Silverbush Local Name: Poori patta (पूरी पत्ता) Poori patta  is a slender herbaceous annual to perennial succulent  of Western Himalayas. It is  commonly seen growing  on old walls,

Family: LamiaceaeSynonyms: Ajuga disticha, Ajuga glabrata, Ajuga mollissima, Anisomeles albiflora, Anisomeles disticha, Anisomeles glabrata, Anisomeles malabarica albiflora, Anisomeles mollissima, Anisomeles ovata, Anisomeles secunda, Anisomeles tonkinensis, Ballota disticha, Ballota mauritiana, Epimeredi indicus, Epimeredi secundus, Marrubium indicum, Monarda zeylanica, Nepeta amboinica, Nepeta disticha, Nepeta indica, Phlomis albaCommon name: Indian Catmint, Malabar catmintLocal Name: Kala

Family: ChenopodiaceSynonyms:Ambrina ambrosioides, Ambrina incisa, Ambrina parvula, Ambrina spathulata, Atriplex ambrosioides, Blitum ambrosioides, Botrys ambrosioides, Chenopodium album ambrosioides, Chenopodium amboanum, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Chenopodium angustifolium, Chenopodium citriodorum, Chenopodium cuneifolium, Chenopodium integrifolium, Chenopodium opulifolium amboanum, Chenopodium querciforme, Chenopodium sancta-maria, Chenopodium santamaria, Chenopodium spathulatum, Chenopodium suffruticosum, Chenopodium vagans, Chenopodium variegatum. Orthosporum ambrosioides,Orthosporum suffruticosum, Teloxys

Family: TiliaceaeSynonym: Grewia oppositifoliaCommon Name: Bhimal, biul, beul, bhiunal, dhaman, bihul.Local  Name: Beul, Bihul  (बिहुल) Bihul  is a deciduous or semi-decidous small to moderate-sized multipurpose tree of Western Himalayas. It is extensively used as  fodder, fuel and material.  Its  multifarious traditional uses includes;  ripe  fruits are eaten; wood employed for making cot frames and tool handles;  Infusion of leaves and

Family:  FabaceaeSynonyms: , Abrus melanospermus, Abrus fruticulosus, Abrus gorsei, Abrus mollis, Abrus pulchellus, Abrus repens, Abrus stictospermus, Abrus tenuiflorus.Common Name: Liquorice Root,Guangdong Abrus, Guangzhou Abrus, Canton AbrusLocal Name: Safed rati (सफ़ेद रत्ती),,Naryaanae Safed rati  is a branched woody climber of  Western Himalayas ocassionaly found along roadside, scrub jungles,valley forests, in moist slopes  of shrubs and bushes up to an altitude

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

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

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

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