English : Zerumbet/Zedoary/Long Zedoary/Setwall Urdu : Zarabad/Kapur-kachri Telugu : Kachoeramu/Kichili gaddalu Description : Zerabad or Zedory is the rhizome of the plant. It is long in size when fresh and usually cut into transverse slices and dried. The slices are…

English : Black caraway/Black cumin Urdu : Zira siyah/Kala Zira/Zirah kirmani Telugu : Sima-jilakaru Description : Carum nigrum which is known as black caraway, is a herb, found as a weed in clutivated lands or as wild growth on grassy…

English : Hyssop/Hyssop herb/Hyssop flowers/Hyssop leaves Urdu : Zufa Khushk /Zufa Yabis/Gul-e-Zufa Telugu : __ Description : It is an aromatic , glabrous and herbaceous perennial , 30-60 cm high having erect or diffused branches , sessile leaves , linear…

English : Cumin/White Cumin Urdu : Zira sufaid/Zira Safed Telugu : Jilakara/Jirake Description : This is a small, slender and glabrous annual herb 30-90 cm high with a long , slender and perpendicular root, much-branched stem, buish-green and slender leaves,…

English : Colchium/Meadow saffron/Merendera Urdu : Suranjan/Surinjan Telugu : Tuthan/Tutharanjan/Haran tutia Description : Colchium autumanle, Linn. Is that species which grows in moist meadows and pastures in England, central and southern europe and north africa. It is not found in…

English : Indian water chestnut/Singhara nut Urdu : Sighara/Singara Telugu : Kubyakama/Pani-godda/Parike-gadda Description : It is an auatic herb on the water surface of lakes, tanks and pools in kashmir and also other parts of India. It is also cultivated…

English : Aloe/Indian Aloes Urdu : Ghee-Kanwar/Elva/Sibr-e-zard Telugu : Kalabanda/Chinna-Kalabanda Description : It is a well-known and widely grown plant, having thick and upto 60cm long leaves with throny edges, growing from the root all round. It looks like a…

English : Fumitory/Common fumitory Urdu : Shahtarah/Shahterah/Pitpara/Pitpapda Telugu : Chata-rashi/Chatha-rasi Description : It is not indigeneous to india but imported from iran. An allied variety Fumaria parviflora , Lamk-subsp. Vaiilantii Hook .f. Or Fumaria vailantii, Loisel syn Fumaria indica ,…