Herb Shrub

Botanical Name:- Gentiana kurroo Royle Family:- Gentianaceae Hindi Name:- करू (कुटकी) Substitute and Adulteration:- (a) In the same name as Kutki, the roots of Gentiana kurroo (Royle; Fam. Gentianaceae) called ‘Karoo’ are sold. They look similar to Kutki in their external form, but there is a difference in the microscopic structure of both. The difference […]

Botanical Name:- Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. Family:- Scrophulariaceae Hindi Name:- कुटकी It is found in abundance on 2500-4500 m high peaks of the Himalaya mountains from Kashmir to Sikkim. Morphology:- Its shrub is hairy. Its underground stem is perennial, as thick as a little finger and 15 to 30 cm long. Leaves are 5-10

Botanical Name:- Cassia fistula Linn. Family:- Leguminosae Hindi Name:- अमलतास Morphology:-Its tree is of medium size, but sometimes big trees are also seen. The wood is very strong. 4 to 8 pairs of leaves grow on long branches of 20 to 42 cm, which are 3.5 to 8 cm long and oval in shape. Dense

Botanical Name:- Saxifraga ligulata Wall. Family:- Saxifragaceae Hindi Name:- पखानभेद Its plants grow in abundance in the cracks of rocks on the slopes of mountains above 1500 m in Kashmir, Nepal and the central part of the Himalayas. Morphology:- This shrub type plant is found all year round. Root stem – reddish (white inside) and

Botanical Name:- Mesua ferrea Linn. Family:- Guttiferae English Name:- Cobra’s Saffron Hindi Name:- नागकेसर नागपुष्पः स्मृतो नागः केशरो नागकेशरः । चाम्पेयो नागकिञ्जल्कः कथितः काञ्चनाह्वयः ॥ (भा. प्र.नि. कर्पूरादिवर्गः 69) Names and properties of Nagkeshar:- Nagpushpa, Nag, Keshar, Nagkeshar, Champey, Nagkinjalk and Kanchanahvay (all the words meaning Kanchan are its synonyms) all these masculine words. [69]