English : Purple tephrosia Urdu : Sarphoka Telugu : Vempali/Pampara chettu/Neela vempali Description : It is a much branched and sub-erect perennial plant about 30-60 or 75 cm high , having leaves about 5-15 cm long leaflets 9-21 , narrow…

English : Common Bamboo manna/ Spiny bamboo manna Urdu : Tabasheer/Bans/Bansalochan Telugu : Veduru/Bongu-veduru Description : It is a tall, throny bamboo with a thick central root – stock , bearing brihgt green shining culms, 24-30 m high upto 15-17.5…

English : Jujube berries/Indian plum Urdu : Unnab/Unab/Annab/Baer Telugu : Advi Regu/Ganga-regu pandu Description : It is deciduos tree upto 12 m in height found , both cultivated and naturalized , in punjab india. Leaves ovate to oblong-oval or nearly…

English : French Lavender Urdu : Ustukhudus/Dharu Telugu : __ Description : It is a fragrant herb 0.6-0.9 m high , having sessile and oblong- linear leaves , and small and dark purple flowers in dense and short peduncled spikes.…

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…