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Indian Medicinal Plants, based on a treatise prepared by S. Raghunatha Iyer, a scholar of both Sanskrit and Ayurveda, aims to make an authoritative contribution to the field. The original work which drew upon classical texts and current research, as well as the oral medical knowledge of tribal groups has been updated by scholars associated with the Arya Vaidya Sala in Kottakal, India. This unique compendium offers profiles of 500 key species with detailed taxonomic information. One of the leading features of this compilation is the special technique used in the illustrations, both colour and line, which aims to achieve authenticity of texture, colour and form. The book also lists the distribution and popular nomenclature in English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. The main texts present properties and uses in a format which cites ancient verse texts and ethnobotanical sources. This rare work, in five volumes, should be of special interest to practitioners of alternative medicine, students of Ayurveda, the research and industry associated with medical botany, pharmacologists, sociologists and medical herbalists.

Arya Vaidya Sala

P K Warrier, Managing Trustee of the Arya Vaidyasala, Kottakkal, Kerala.

V.P.K.Nambiar, former systematic botanist at the Kerala Forest Research Institute and a specialist in the flora of the Western Ghats.

C.Ramankutty, a learned physician of the Arya Vaidyasala, Kottakkal, Kerala.

Maranta arundinacea
Marsilea quadrifolia
Melia azedarach
Mentha arvensis
Merremia emarginata
Merremia tridentata ssp. tridentata
Mesua nagassarium
Michelia champaca
Mimosa pudica
Mimusops elengi
Mitragyna parvifolia
Momordica charantia
Monochoria vaginalis
Morinda pubescens
Moringa oleifera
Morus alba
Mucuna pruriens
Mukia maderaspatana
Murraya koenigii
Musa paradisiaca
Mussaenda frondosa
Myristica fragrans
Myristica malabarica
Myxopyrum serratulum
Naravelia zeylanica
Nardostachys grandiflora
Naregamia alata
Nelumbo nucifera
Neolamarckia cadamba
Neptunia oleracea
Nerium oleander
Nervilia aragoana
Nicotiana tabacum
NigeIJa sativa
Nilgirianthus ciliatus
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Nymphaea nouchali
Ocimum americanum
Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum kilimandscharicum
Ocimum tenuiflorum
Operculina turpethum
Ophiorrhiza mungos
Orchis latifolia
Oroxylum indicum
Orthosiphon thymiflorus
Oryza sativa
Ougeinia oojeinensis
Oxalis corniculata
Pandanus odoratissimus
Panicum sumatrense
Papaver somniferum
Parmelia perlata
Paspalum scrobiculatum
Pedalium murex
Pentapetes phoenicea
Pergularia daemia
Phoenix dactylifera
Phoenix pusilla
Phyla nodi flora
PhyIJanthus amarus
PhyIJanthus emblica
PhyIJanthus reticulatus
Physalis minima
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora
Pinus roxburghii
Piper betle
Piper brachystachyum
Piper cubeba
Piper longum
Piper nigrum
Pistacia chinensis ssp. integerrima
Pisum sativum
Plantago ovata
Plectranthus amboinicus
Plectranthus vettiveroides
Plumbago indica
Plumeria rubra
Polyalthia longifolia
Polygonatum cirrhifolium
Polygonatum verticillatum
Pongamia pinnata
Portulaca oleracea
Premna corymbosa
Prunus cerasoides
Prunus domestica
Prunus dulcis
Pseudarthria viscida
Psidium guajava
Psoralea corylifolia
Pterocarpus marsupium
Pterocarpus santalinus
Pterospermum canescens
Pueraria tuberosa
Punica granatum
Quercus infectoria
Raphanus sativus
Rauvolfia serpentina
Rhaphidophora laciniata
Rhinacanthus nasuta

Appendix A
Appendix B
Index to Sanskrit terms