RITHA English : Soap-nut/Soap-nut tree/Indian Filbert Urdu : Ritha/Rithah Telugu : Kunkudu/Kunkudu chettu Description : The fruit of the tree is used as medicine.It is of the size of betel-nut.Its outer-skin is wrinkled and darkish yellow.On breaking it,a dark stone…

RAL English : Sal tree/ Sal resin/ Sal dammar Urdu : Ral/Safed dammar Telugu : Jalari chettu/Guggilamu/Sarjakama/Telladamaramu Description : It is a large sub-deciduous tree,18-30 m high and 1.8-2.1 m wide seldom quite leafless, having reddish brown or grey and…

PODINA English : Mint/Marsh Mint/Field Mint Peppermint Urdu : Podina/Pudina/Pudinah Telugu : Pudina Description : Mentha arvenis grows in kashmir near Gulmarg and cultivated through India.It is known as ‘Field mint’ which is an erect hairy or glabrous herb, 10-60…

PIPPALI/PIPPALA MUL English : Long peppar or Pipal Urdu : Pippali and Pippla Moul Telugu : Pippalu/Modi Description : It is a slender,aromatic climber with perennial woody roots occuring in the hotter parts of India and Ceylon.Stems are creeping,jointed,young shoots…

PERSIAVISHAN English : Maiden-hair fern Urdu : Persiavishan/Hansraj Telugu : Hansa-peddamu Description : It is beleived that nearly 190 species arefound in tropical America and about nine species in india chiefly at higher altitudes.Many are cultivated in gardens and green-houses.It…

PANWAR English : Foetid cassia/ Wild cassia/Wild senna/Ring worm plant Urdu : Panwar/Panevar/Tarota/Panvar Telugu : Tantemu/Tantiyamu/Tagirisha Description : It is common herbaceous annual 30-90 cm high,occuring as a weed throughout india,having pinnate leaves with the glands between the leaflets small…

PALAS English : Bastard teak/Bengal Kino/Butea flowers Urdu : Dhak/Palas/Tesu Telugu :Palasamu/Paladutu/Modugo Description : It is a medium-sized deciduous tree with a somewhat crooked trunk.The bark is bluish-grey or light-brown and yields a gum known as Chunia gond or Butea…

NAMAK-E-SIYAH English : Black Salt Urdu : Namak-e-siyah/Kala Namak Telugu : Swarchala Lavanamu Description : It is an artificially prepared salt in dark-red shining granules.It consists mainly of Sodium chloride with traces of sodium sulphate,Alumina, Magnesium,Ferric oxide and Sulphide of…

NAKHUNA English : Crescent legnum Urdu : Nakhuna Telugu __ Description : Nakhuna is the fruit of a plant like fenugreek.It is also considered as a species of wild fenugreek.They contain small and round seeds. Few authors consider lkil-ul-malik as…

MUQIL English : Gum-guggul/Muqul/indian bdellium Urdu : Muqul/Gugul/Guggul Telugu : Guggilamu Description : It is a small tree or shrub with spinescent branches occuring in the arid rocky tracks.It is sometimes planted in hedges.It is about 1.20-1.80 m high,having greenish…