Pankaj Oudhia's Ethnobotanical Surveys in India during rainy season 2012. Medicinal Plants of India with reference to Healing Flora of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. - This video is a part of Compilation of Pankaj Oudhia's Research Works at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, India (1990-2001), - For details please visit http://www.pankajoudhia.com Life Saving Medicinal Plants from Pankaj Oudhia's Medicinal Plant Database at Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankajoudhia/ http://scribd.com/pankajoudhia
( Also at Scribd--Pankaj Oudhia's series on Interesting Stories behind the Names of Plants in India. 1-100)
Some Important Life saving herbs mentioned in Medicinal Plant Database
Phormium tenax Forst. Dracaena fruticosa (L.) A. Chev. Dracaena terniflora Roxb. Sansevieria roxburghiana Schultes & Schultes Sansevieria trifasciata Hort. ex Prain Sansevieria thyriflora Thunb. Sansevieria varians N.E.Br Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd. Alstroemeria aurea Graham Bomarea caldasiana Herbert Bomarea oligantha Baker Curculigo orchioides Gaertn Hypoxis aurea Lour. Molineria trichocarpa (Wight) Balakr. Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Dioscorea alata L. Dioscorea belophylla Voigt. Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook. Dioscorea hispida Dennst. Dioscorea kalkapershadii Prain & Burkill Dioscorea oppositifolia L. var. oppositifolia Dioscorea oppositifolia L. var. dukhumensis Prain & Burkill Dioscorea pentaphylla L. Dioscorea spicata Roth Dioscorea tomentosa Koen ex Spreng Dioscorea wallichii Hook Dioscorea wightii Hook Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn. Stemona tuberosa Lour. Dipcadi montanum (Dalz.) Baker var. madrasicum (Barnes & Fischer) Deb & Dasgupta Eucomis autumnalis (Miller) Chitt. Eucomis punctata L'Herit. Ornithogalum arabicum L. Ornithogalum conicum Jacq. Scilla hyacinthina (Roth) Mecbr. Urginea congesta Wight Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Urginea polyantha Blatter & Mc Cann Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav. Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Hook. Asparagus asiaticus L. Asparagus fysonii Macbr. Asparagus gonoclados Baker Asparagus laevissimus Steud. ex Baker Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop Asparagus racemosus Willd. Chlorophytum acaule Baker Chlorophytum arundinaceum Baker Chlorophytum attenuatum (Wight) Baker Chlorophytum heynei Rottl. ex Baker Chlorophytum laxum R. Br. Chlorophytum malabaricum Baker Chlorophytum nimmonii (Graham) Dalz. Chlorophytum tuberosum (Roxb.) Baker Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien Gloriosa superba L. Iphigenia indica (L.) A. Gray ex Kunth Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & R. S. Rao Hemerocallis aurantiaca Baker Agapanthus praecox Willd. var. orientalis (F. Leight.) F. Leight. Agapanthus praecox Willd. var. albus Hort. Allium cepa L. Allium porrum L. Allium sativum L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Smilax aspera L. Smilax perfoliata Lour. Smilax wightii A. DC Smilax zeylanica L. Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laub. Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms-Laub. Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. F.) Presl Xyris capensis Thunb. var. schoenoides (Mart) Nilsson Xyris pauciflora Willd. Aclisia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh. Aneilema montana (Wight) Clarke Aneilema ovalifolia (Wight) Hook Belosynapsis kewensis Hassk. Belosynapsis vivipara (Dalz.) Fischer Commelina attenuata Koen var. Vahl Commelina benghalensis L. Commelina clavata Clarke Commelina diffusa Burm Commelina ensifolia R. Br. Commelina erecta L. var. erecta Commelina erecta L. var. glochidea (Koen.ex Clarke) Bhargavan Commelina forskalaei Vahl. Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Clarke