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 […]
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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]
Botanical Name:- Taxus baccata Linn. Family:- Taxaceae English Name:- Himalayan yew Hindi Name:- थुनेर Its medium height evergreen trees are found at an altitude of 2000-3300 m in Himalayan Kashmir, hilly region of eastern Punjab, Garhwal, Afghanistan and Upper Burma etc. At some places, there are hut-shaped trees up to 32 m height. Morphology:- Its