Divul
Divul Scientific name: Limonia acidissima Family name: RUTACEAE English name: Wood apple Local name: Divul Description: Small tree, to 7 m tall, the spines to 4 cm long. Leaves 10 cm long, leaflets opposite, usually 2 or 3 pairs. Inflorescences axillary. Flowers small, numerous, white, green or reddish-ourplish. Fruits woody, globose, pale, with sticky pulp; […]
Devadara
Devadara Botanical name -Cedrus deodar Family -Conifereae. English name – Deodar. Sanskrit names – Devadaru, Darubhadra, Darn, Indradaru, Mastadaru, Dramikilima, Kilima, Surabhurubha. Singhalese name- Devadara. Parts used – inner substances o wood & oil. Properties: Rasa Katu, Tikta, Guna Laghu, Snigdha Veerya Ushna Vipaka Katu Attributes / Karma: Alleviate Kapha & Vata. Cures –constipation (vibanda), […]
Demata
Demata Scientific name: Gmelina asiatica Family name: VERBENACEAE English name: Asian Bushbeech Local name: Demata Sanskrit name: Gambhaari bheda, Gopabhadra, Vikarini Conservation status: Least Concerned (NCS) 2012 Description: A large straggling or scrambling deciduous bush or shrub, to about 3 (rarely up to 8) m tall. Leaves decussate-opposite; petiole 0.5-3 cm long; leaf blade 1-9.5 […]
Bulu
Bulu Scientific name: Terminalia bellirica Family name: COMBRETACEAE English name: Baheda Local name: Bulu Sanskrit name: Vibhitaka Conservation status: LC (NCS)-2012 Description: Deciduous trees, to 35 m tall; bark gray, longitudinally ridged; Branchlets with conspicuous , spirally ascending leaf scars . Leaves spiraled, crowded into pseudo-whorls at apices of branchlets; petiole 3-9 cm, glabrous but […]
Balunakuta
Balunakuta Scientific name: Stachytarpheta indica Family name: VERBENACEAE Local name: Balunakuta / Nil nakuta Description: This an extremely poorly understood taxon. Annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate-ovate, marginal teeth very coarse and obliquely wide spreading. Inflorescence spicate, mostly elongated , few flowered; the flowers sessile or […]
Balu Dang
Balu Dang Scientific name: Ardisia elliptica Family name: MYRSINACEAE English name: Shoebutton ardisia Local name: Balu dan Conservation status: Least concerned (NCS 2012) Description: Much-branched shrub, 2 m high. Leaves 7.5-12 x 2.5-4 cm; petioles 2-5 mm long. Flowerspink in dense, many flowered corymbose racemes; pedicels 10-18 mm long. Berry5-6 mm diameter, dark-purpla. Status: Native […]
Aralu
Aralu Scientific name: Terminalia chebula Family name: COMBRETACEAE English name: Chebulic Myrobalan Local name: Aralu Sanskrit name: Harithaki / Abhaya Conservation status: LC (NCS)-2012 Description: Trees to 30 m tall; branchlets conspicuously white or yellowish long lenticellate , glabrous, hairs tawny , rarely silvery. Leaves alternate or subopposite, spaced along branchlets; petiole 1-3 cm long, […]
Ankenda
Ankenda Scientific name: Acronychia pedunculata Family name: RUTACEAE English name: Claw flowered laurel Local name: Ankenda Sanskrit name: Ankota Description: A small tree. Leaves simple; petiole up to 5 cm long; lateral nerves 3-7 pairs; blades 3.5-24 cm long, 2-8 cm wide. Inflorescences mostly 4-20 cm long. Flowers greenish-white, mostly 8-11 (rarely to 13) mm […]
