Aloe Vera What is Aloe? Aloe is a succulent plant widely used in alternative medicine.There are at least 420 different plant species of Aloe. Aloe vera specifically refers to the Aloe barbadensis Miller plant, which is the most common form…

English : Arabian manna plant/Hebrew manna plant/Camel tron Urdu : Jawasa/Turanjabeen Telugu : Tellaginiya Description : It is a small herb,20-30 cm high,covered with numerous hard prickles. Leaves are simple,dropping, oblong leathery, smooth and apex rounded. Flowers dark red and…

LAUNG English : Clove/Caryophyllum Urdu : Laung/Lavang Telugu : Lavangamulu Description : It is a small ever-green tree of pyramidal or conical form. The stem is of hard wood and covered with a smooth greyish bark. The leaves are in…

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…