Indian Medicinal Plants and Therapeutic Uses by Rao, Srinath; Ramakrishna, Akula;

Short description:

India is a major centre of origin and diversity of medicinal plants. The demand for medicinal plants is increasing, and this leads to unscrupulous collection from the wild and adulteration of supplies.

Long description:

India is a major centre of origin and diversity of medicinal plants. The demand for medicinal plants is increasing, and this leads to unscrupulous collection from the wild and adulteration of supplies. Providing high-quality planting material for sustainable use and thereby saving the genetic diversity of plants in the wild is important. In this regard, some of the important medicinal plants and their therapeutic uses are provided. Indian Medicinal Plants and Therapeutic Uses offers a unique compendium of 198 medicinal plant species from India.

Key features 

• Provides a write-up on each plant, including popular nomenclature, occurrence and distribution, botanical description, and chemical constituents with references.


• Presents plant parts and chemical constituents, properties and actions, pharmacological principles, parts used, methods of propagation, and therapeutic uses. 


• Describes the medicinal uses of more than 198 medicinal plant species from India.

This book is of special interest to practitioners of alternative medicine, students of Ayurveda, researchers and industrialists associated with medical botany, pharmacologists, sociologists, medical herbalists, and those who are interested in medicinal plants.

Table of Contents:

Contents

About the Authors

Preface

Acknowledgments

A

Abroma augusta (L.) L.f.

Acacia leucophloea Willd.

Acacia mellifera (M. Vahal) Benth

Acacia senegal Willd.

Acalypha ciliata Forsk

Achillea millefolium L.

Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes.

Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser.

Actaea acuminata Wall. ex Royle

Actaea spicata Linn.

Actinodaphne aungustifolia Hook. fil. & Thomsex Mesin     

Adansonia digitata L.

Adenanthera pavonina Linn

Aerva persica (Burm. f.) Merr.

Aganosma dichotoma (Roth) K. Schum

Agave angustifolia Haw.

Aglaia roxburghiana Miq. Hiern

Agrimonia eupatoria L.

Agropyron repens Beauv.

Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.

Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Benth.

Albizia lebbeck (Linn.) Willd.

Albizzia saman (Jacq.) F. Muell.

Alhagi pseudalhagi (Bieb.) Desv

Allamanda cathartica Linn.

Allium ascalonicum Linn.     

Alocasia indica (Lour.) Spach.

Althaea officinalis Linn.

Altingia excelsa Noronha

Amaranthus tricolor Linn.

Amberboa divaricata Kuntz.

Ammania baccfera L.

Amomum aromaticum Roxb

Amorphophallus campanulatus (Roxb.) Blume ex Decne

Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch

Anacyclus pyrethrum DC

Anchusa italica Retz

Andrographis echioides (L.) Nees 

Anemonastrum obtusilobum (D. Don.) Mosyakin

Angelica archangelica Linn.

Angelica glauca Edgew

Annona muricata L.

Annona reticulata L.

Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guill. & Perr.

Anthemis nobilis Linn

Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. Muell. ex Benth.

Aquilaria allocha Roxb.

Arctium lappa Linn.

Armoracia lapathifolia Gilib

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

B

Baccaurea ramiflora Lour.

Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell. Arg

Balsamodendron myrrha Nees.

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss.

Barleria prionitis L.

Barringtonia acutangula (Linn.) Gaertn.

Bauhinia purpurea Linn. 

Bauhinia racemosa Lamk

Bauhinia tomentosa Linn.

Bergenia ciliata (How) Stemb.  

Berringitonia acutangula (L.) Gaerth.

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B. Heyne ex Roth.

Blepharispermum subsessile DC.

Borassus flabellifer L

Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr.

Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston

Brugmansia suaveolens  (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bercht. & Presl 

C

Callicapra pedunculata R.Br.

Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl

Capparis zeylanica L.

Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson.

Cassia tora (L.)

Cerbera manghas L.

Chenopodium ambrosioides L.

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. M. King and H. Robinson

Cissampelos pareira L.

Clerodendrum paniculatum L.

Clerodendrum phlomidis Linn.f.

Clerodendrum serratum (Linn.) Moon

Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels

Cocculus pendulus (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst) Diels.

Cochlospermum gossypium DC.

Coleus zeylanicus (Benth). L. H. Cramer.

Convolvulus arvensis L.

Couroupita guianensis Aubl.

Crataeva nurvala Buch.-Ham

Crescentia cujeta L.

Crinum defixum Ker. Gawl.

Crinum latifolium L. 

Crotalaria burhia Buch.-Ham

Cuminum cyminum L.

Curcuma amada ROXB.

Cyperus scariosus R. Br.

D

Decalepis hamilteionii Wght & Arn.

Desmodium laxiflorum Sensu Miq., p.p.

Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf

Dialium Coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.

Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb

E

Elephantopus scaber L.

Elytraria acaulis (L.fil.) Lindau

Eranthemum roseum (Vahl) R. Br.

Eryngium foetidum L.

F

Ferula foetida L.

Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch.

Flacourtia montana Graham

G

Galinsoga parviflora (Cav.)        

Galium aparine Linn

Garcinia indica Choisy

Gardenia gummifera L.

Gentiana kurroo Royle.

Gmelina asiatica L.

Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg.

Gynandropsis gynandra (Linn.) Briq.

H

Helleborus niger Linn.

Hibiscus sabdariffa (L.) 

Hippophae rhamnoides Linn.

Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz.

Holoptelea intigrifolia Roxb.

Humulus lupulus Linn.

Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb.

Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine

Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.

Hyssopus officinalis Linn.

I 

Ibris amara L.

Ichnocarpus frutescens R. Br.

Ipomoea aquatica Forssk

Ipomoea digitata Linn.

Ipomoea muricata (Linn.) Jacq.

Ipomoea pes-caprae (Linn.) Sweet.

Ixora coccinea Linn.

J  

Jasminum grandiflorum (L.)

Jatropha glandulifera Roxb.

Juglans regia Linn.

Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.

Justicia procumbens Linn.

Justicia repens (L.)

K 

Kaempferia galanga Linn.

Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker

Kigelia pinnata Jacq. DC

L

Lactuca sativa Linn

Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Kuntze

Lawsonia inermis Linn.

Leea aequata Linn.

Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) R. Br.

Leonurus cardiaca Linn.

Lepidagathis cristata Willd.

Leucas aspera Spreng

Lippia nodiflora Rich.

Luffa acutangula (Linn.) Roxb.

Luffa cylindrica (Linn.) M. J. Roem.   

Luffa echinata Roxb.

Lycopus europaeus Linn.

M

Machilus macrantha Nees

Madhuca indica J. F. Gmel.

Majorana hortensis Moench

Malva sylvestris Linn.      

Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.

Mimusops elengi (L.)

Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb) Korth.     

Morinda citrifolia L.

O

Onosma bracteatum Wall.

Operculina turpethum (Linn.) Silva Manso

Origanum vulgare L.

Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.

P

Pepromia pellucida (L.) Kunth

Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels

Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir

Pimenta Dioica (L) Merr.

Pimpinella anisum L.

Piper betle L.

Plantago asiatica L.

Pogostemon cablin Benth.

Premna serratifolia L.

R

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.

Rehum emodi Wall. ex Meissn

Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz

Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Rubia cordifolia (L.)

Ruellia tuberosa L.

Rumex vesicarius L.

S

Sarcostemma acidumm Wight. & Arn.

Saussurea lappa C. B. Clarke

Sida cordifolia Linn.

Smilax zeylanica L. 

Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) A. Juss.

Spondias pinnata (L. f.) Kurz.

Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) H. Karst

T

Thunbergia  grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb.

Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.

Thymus vulgaris L.

Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn.

Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour.

U

Uraria crinata (L.) Desv. ex DC.

V

Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd.

W

Wikstroemia indica (L.) C. Meyer

X

Xanthium strumarium L.