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

Family: Menispermaceae Synonym: Cissampelos acuminata,Cissampelos acuminata, Cissampelos argentea, Cissampelos auriculata, Cissampelos australis, Cissampelos benthamiana, Cissampelos boivinii, Cissampelos bojeriana, Cissampelos caapeba, Cissampelos caapeba, Cissampelos canescens, Cissampelos cocculus, Cissampelos consociata, Cissampelos convolvulacea, Cissampelos cordata, Cissampelos cordifolia, Cissampelos cumingiana, Cissampelos delicatula, Cissampelos diffusa, Cissampelos discolor, Cissampelos discolor, Cissampelos diversa, Cissampelos elata,Cissampelos ellenbeckii, Cissampelos eriocarpa, Cissampelos

Family: Orchidaceae Synonym: Orchis hatagirea Common Name: Hatta Haddi Local Name : Salampanja (सालमपंजा), Hathajari Salampanja  is a temperate to alpine, monocotyledonous, perennial, orchid of Western Himalayas which grows from palmately lobed rhizome. The  genus name  Dactylorhiza of Salampanja is based on the finger like shape of its  rhizome, it is  derived from Greek word “daktylos”  meaning  finger and

Family: Rosaceae Synonyms:  R. balsamica ,R. caesia, R. corymbifera,R. dumalis, R. montana, R. stylosa, R. subcanina, R. subcollina Common name:  Dog Rose Local Name:  Ban  Gulab  (बन-  गुलाव) Ban  Gulab  is a perennial deciduous shrub  that comes from family Rosaceae . It grows wild at the margin of forests, shrubberies, pastures hedges, scrub, woods, roadsides and  banks etc 

Family:  Costaceae Synonyms: Amomum arboretum,.Amomum hirsutum,Banksea speciosa.Cardamomum arboretum,Cheilocostus speciosus,Costus angustifolius,Costus argyrophyllus,Costus crispiflorus,Costus foeniculaceus,Costus formosanus,Costus glaber, Costus glabratus, Costus hirsutus,Costus lamingtonii,Costus loureiroi, Costus nipalensis,Costus potierae, Costus sericeus, Costus speciosus,Costus vaginalis, Hellenia grandiflora, Kaempferia speciosa, Planera speciosa, Tsiana speciosa.Common Name: Crepe Ginger, cane-reed, Malay ginger, spiral flag, spiral ginger, wild ginger.Local Name : Kevkand (केव कंद) Kevkand is

Family: EquisetaceaeSynonyms: Equisetum calderi. Equisetum saxicola Equisetum arvense subsp. Boreale,Equisetum arvense subsp. Ramulosum,Equisetum arvense var. Arcticum,Equisetum arvense var. campestre.Equisetum arvense var. Ramulosum.Equisetum boreale,Equisetum. calderi, Equisetum campestre Equisetum saxicola.Common Name: Field Horsetail, Common Horsetail, bottlebrush, foxtail, jointed rush, horse pipes, mare’s tail, snake grass.Local Name: Nali (नली ), Dandli. Nali is a herbaceous perenial plant (fern) of Western Himalayas with hollow, jointed stems containing large amounts of silica and silicic acids. It is a  cosmopolitan fern