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Indian Medicinal Plants, based on a treatise prepared by S. Raghunatha Iyer, a scholar of both Sanskrit and Ayurveda, aims to make an authoritative contribution to the field. The original work which drew upon classical texts and current research, as well as the oral medical knowledge of tribal groups has been updated by scholars associated with the Arya Vaidya Sala in Kottakal, India. This unique compendium offers profiles of 500 key species with detailed taxonomic information. One of the leading features of this compilation is the special technique used in the illustrations, both colour and line, which aims to achieve authenticity of texture, colour and form. The book also lists the distribution and popular nomenclature in English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. The main texts present properties and uses in a format which cites ancient verse texts and ethnobotanical sources. This rare work, in five volumes, should be of special interest to practitioners of alternative medicine, students of Ayurveda, the research and industry associated with medical botany, pharmacologists, sociologists and medical herbalists.

Euphorbia ligularia
Euphorbia thymifolia
Evolvulus alsinoides
Ferula asafoetida
Ficus arnottiana
Ficus benghalensis
Ficus hispida
Ficus microcarpa
Ficus racemosa
Ficus religiosa
Flacourtia indica
Flacourtia jangomas
Foeniculurn vulgare
Fritillaria roylei
Garcinia gummi-gutta
Garcinia morella
Gardenia gummifcra
Garuga pinnata
Gentiana kurroo
Gloriosa supcrba
Glycosmis arborca
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Gmelina arborca
Gossypium arboreurn
Gossypium herbaceum
Grewia tiliifolia
Gymnema sylvestre
Habenaria edgeworthii
Habenaria intermedia
Haldina cordifoli
Hedyotis corymbosa
Hedyotis herbacea
Helianthus annus
Helicteres isora
Heliotropium indicum
Hemidesmus indicus
Hibiscus aculeatus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Hiptage benghalensis
Holarrhena pubescens
Holoptelea integrifolia
Holostemma ada-kodien
Homonoia riparia
Hordeum vulgare
Hugonia mystax
Hydnocarpus laurifolia
Hygrophila auriculata
Hygroryza aristata
Hyoscyamus niger
Ichnocarpus frutescens
Illicium verum
Indigofera tinctoria
Inula racemosa
Ipomoea batatas
Ipomoea mauritiana
Ipomoea nil
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Ipomoea sepiaria
Ixora coccinea
Jasminum angustifolium
Jasminum arborescens
Jasminum auriculatum
Jasminum grandiflorum
Jasminum multiflorum
Jasminum sambac
Jatropha curcas
Juglans regia var. Kumaonia
Justicia beddomei
Justicia gendarussa
Kaempferia galanga
Kaempferia rotunda
Kalanchoe pinnata
Kyllinga nemoralis
Lablab purpureus
Lagenaria siceraria
Lannea coromandelica
Lantana camara var. aculeata
Lawsonia inermis
Leea indica
Lens culinaris
Lepidium sativum
Leucas asp era
Lilium polyphyllum
Limnophila aromatica
Limonia acidissima
Linum usitatissimum
Liquidamber orientalis
Lodoicea maldivica
Ludwigia octovalvis ssp. sessiliflora
Luffa acutangula
Luffa cylindrica
Lycopersicon esculentum
Macrotyloma uniflorum
Madhuca longifolia
Malaxis acuminata
Malaxis muscifera
Mallotus philippensis
Mangifera indica
Manihot esculenta
Manilkara hexandra

Appendix A
Appedix B
Index to Sanskrit Terms