Notes on specific languages

Sets of records sorted on generic names

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Achyranthes spp.   * 

Aconitum ferox Wall.    *  

Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle  

Acorus calamus L.   *  

Adhatoda adhatoda (L.) Huth. -> Justicia adhatoda L. 

Aegle marmelos (Linn) Corr.    * 

Alangium spp. *

Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.    * 

Alstonia spp.

Amomum spp. 

Andrographis paniculata Wall. ex Nees    *

Annona squamosa L.    * 

Asparagus racemosus Willd.    * 

Azadirachta indica A. Juss.  *

Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell 

Balanites aegyptiacus (L.) Delile 

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss or    Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.

Bauhinia spp.   *

Berberis aristata DC. * 

Bixa orellena L.   *

Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson   * 

Boerhavia diffusa L.   *

Boswellia serrata (Roxb.) Colebr.  * 

Buchanania lanzan Spreng. 

Calophyllum spp. 

Cassia angustifolia Vahl. -> Senna alexandrina Mill.   *

Cassia fistula L.  *

Cassia senna L. -> Senna alexandrina Mill.   *

Celastrus paniculatus Willd. 

Centella spp. 

Chlorophytum borivillianum Sant. 

Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty 

Cissus quadrangularis L. *

Coccinia spp.   *  

Coleus barbatus Benth. -> Plectranthus spp.  *

Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari  *

Costus speciosus (J. König) Sm. * 

Crocus sativus L. * 

Crotalaria spp. 

Curculigo spp. 

Curcuma spp.  

Dillenia spp.  *

Dioscorea spp.  

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. 

Embelia ribes Burm. f. 

Emblica officinalis Gaertn -> Phyllanthus emblica L.  *

Eurycoma spp. 

Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. 

Garcinia indica Chois. *

Gloriosa superba L.  *

Glycyrrhiza glabra L.    *

Goniothalamus spp.   * 

Gossypium spp.    *

Gymnema sylvestre R. Br. 

Hedychium spp. 

Hemidesmus indicus (L.) W. T. Aiton

Hippophae   *

Holarrhena pubescens Wall. ex G. Don   *

Isodon spp.

Jatropha spp. 

Justicia adhatoda L. 

Lepidium spp.  

Madhuca spp.  

Melia azedarach L. 

Millettia spp.  *

Momordica spp.  

Morinda spp.  

Moringa spp.  

Morus spp.  * 

Mucuna spp. 

Nardostachys jatamansi DC. * 

Ocimum spp. * 

Phyllanthus amarus Schum & Thonn.    * 

Phyllanthus urinaria L.    * 

Picrorhiza kurroa Benth ex Royle 

Piper longum L.  

Plantago ovata Forsk.  * 

Plectranthus spp.    * 

Plumbago spp. 

Pterocarpus spp. *  

Pueraria spp. 

Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz 

Ricinus communis L. * 

Santalum album L. *  

Sapindus spp. 

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) de Wilde *

Saussurea costus C. B. Clarke 

Senna spp.  *

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. 

Solanum nigrum L. 

Solanum xanthocarpum Schrader & Wendl. 

Spilanthes acmella (L.) Murr. -> Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson  

Sterculia spp. 

Stevia spp. 

Swertia chirayita Buch-Ham.  * 

Symplocos spp. *  

Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 

Terminalia chebula Retz.    * 

Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.    * 

Tinospora cordifolia Miers.  * 

Tribulus terrestris L. 

Trichosanthes spp. * 

Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr. 

Vernonia ssp. 

Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash -> Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty 

Vitex negundo L. 

Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal  

Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal  

Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz. 

Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R. Br.  * 

Zanthoxylum spp.   *  

Zingiber spp. * 

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Medicinal Plant Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Med_index.html > (2005).

A Floresta, 2004, Ervas & Raizes Medicinais (Medicinal Plants). < http://www.afloresta.com.br/plantas.htm >. (Portuguese - Brazil) (Aflo)

Anglo-French Drugs & Industries Ltd. 2002 - 2003, Plant Name Index. < http://www.anglofrenchherbals.com/plant-index3.html > Table of ayurvedic plant names  in English, Latin and romanised Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit. (AFH)

Baerts Martine & Lehmann Jean, 2002, L'utilisation de quelques plantes en médecine traditionnelle humaine et vétérinaire en Afrique sub-saharienne. Laboratoire de Botanique Médicale et Pharmaceutique de Louvain-la-Neuve - Unité de Botanique Générale. Belgique. < http://www.fynu.ucl.ac.be/users/j.lehmann/ >.
< http://www.fynu.ucl.ac.be/users/j.lehmann/ListePlante.html >.

Bucher Renate & Bucher Tobias, 2001-2004 Exotische Nutz- und Zierpflanzen. < http://www.exot-nutz-zier.de/enzShop.ASP?WCI=SearchResults&Query=&Category=1&SubCategory=19 >.

de Abreu Matos Francisco José (Prof.) , 2002, Plantas Medicinais do Ceará. Centro Nordestino de Informações sobre Plantas - CNIP
< http://umbuzeiro.cnip.org.br/db/medic/index.shtml >. (Portuguese - Brazil, Latin).

Dhaval S. Vyas, 2004, Herbs in Gujarat. < http://herbsgujarat.tripod.com/ >.

Ecoaldea, 2002, Nuestra Libreria. Indice de Plantas Medicinales. Busca su Nombre en Latín, Castellano, Catalán, Vasco, Gallego-Portugués, Inglés, Francés, Alemán, Holandés, Italiano.
< http://members.fortunecity.es/natura2001/plmd/plantas.htm >. (Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin).

EFloras 2005, Chinese Plant Names. Chinese & Pinyin. < http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=3 >.

FRIS, 2004, Medicinal Plants Information of Tamil Nadu, Farmers' Rights Information Service. Developed by M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation - India and Supported by the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation. < http://www.mssrf.org/fris9809/TN-Ethnobotony.html#top >.

Gotfredsen Erik, Liber Herbarum II, The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine.
< http://www.liberherbarum.com >. (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Icelandic, Italian, German, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish)

Hashmi Unani Herbal Pharmacy, 2004, Herbal Raw Materials - Common Ayurvedic Herbs. < http://www.unaniherbalist.com/caha.htm >. (Latin, Arabic, English, Persian, Sanskrit).

Himalaya Herbal Healthcare, 2001 - 2004, Herb Finder - English Names Latin Names - Sanskrit Names. < http://www.himalayahealthcare.com/herbfinder/sanskrit.htm >. (includes Hindi names).

Kumamoto University, 2002, Medicinal Plant Garden. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumayaku, Japan.
< www.pharm.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/yakusoen/plants-e.html >.(Japanese romaji, Photos).
< http://www.pharm.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/yakusoen/plants.html >
< http://web.lfw.org/shodouka/http://www.pharm.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/yakusoen/plants.html > (Japanese names, Photos).

McGuffin Michael et al., 2000, Herbs of Commerce - 2d Edition. American Herbal Products Association. (HoC)

NIPER, 2004, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, INDIA. < http://www.niper.nic.in/pub.htm >. (NIPER)

NMPB, 2004, 32 Prioritised Medicinal Plants. National Informatics Center, National Medicinal Plants Board -  Ministry of Health & Family Welfare - Department of Ayush - Government of India. < http://www.nmpb.nic.in/sarpgandha.htm >. (NMPB)

Oudhia Pankaj (Dr.) 2001 - 2003, Research Notes - Indian Herbal Research & Methods. 500 articles on specific medicinal plants. At Botanical.com.
< http://botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/poudhia_index.html >. (Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu - all in romanised form).

PIER, 2003, U.S. Forest Service's Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) - Version 4.0 (1 March 2003). Funded by USDA Forest Service International Program Funds. < http://www.hear.org/pier/threats.htm >, < http://www.hear.org/pier/oalphanames.htm > (for slow internet connections).

Rao Kameswara C. (Prof.) & Geetha B. L. (Ms.), 2002, Online Glossary of Medicinal Terms, Botanical names. Based on the book Database of Medicinal Plants. Department of Botany, Bangalore University. Department of Forests, Environment and Ecology (DFEE), Government of Karnataka. published by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), for the DFEE in May 2000.
< http://www.indmedplants-kr.org/APPENDICES84.HTM > &
< http://www.indmedplants-kr.org/APPENDICES104.HTM >. (Botanical names - Latin - Author., colour photos, descriptions).

Rehm Sigmund, 1994, Multilingual Dictionary of Agronomic Plants. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Reverte Coma José Manuel (Prof.) 2003, Etnobotanica. Facultad de Medicina. Museo de Antropología Médico-Forense Paleopatología y Criminalística. MADRID (ESPAÑA) . < http://www.ucm.es/info/museoafc/loscriminales/antropologia/etnobotanica.html >. (Spanish).

R. N. Rajan & Co. 2004, Products Catalogue - Herbs. Latin, English, Tamil. < http://www.rnrajan.com/products.htm >.

RRL. 2004, Medicinal Plants. Knowledge Network Centre, Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu Tawi (J & K). Part of UNDP Umbrella Programme on Herbal Drugs. Government of India. Herbalnet. < http://www.herbalnet.org/leaf/adhatoda%20zeylanica.asp >.

Souk-Aloun Phou Ngeun (Dr.), 2004, Pharmacopée Végétale Lao. < http://perso.wanadoo.fr/laos/phyt.htm >. (romanised Laotian).

Sunshine-Seeds, 2000-2004, Online Catalogue. < http://www.shop.sunshine-seeds.de/ >.

TDA, 2004, Thai Department of Agriculture, Botany & Weed Science Division.
< http://www.disc.doa.go.th/botany/vetgetable1.html >.  20 tables of Thai names. Similar to thaimedicinalplant.com site but more plants and no romanised name.

Totalmedia inc. 1998 - 2004, Réseau Proteus. Lexique des Plantes Médicinales - Version 2.01. < http://www.reseauproteus.net/fr/Solutions/DocumentsReference/Lexique.aspx >.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

 NOTES

1. On languages of India.
This section being concentrated on plants used in Ayurvedic medicine, one expects a lot of names in the various languages of India. So far we have mainly collected a wide range of romanised names, each showing  great variations in the romanisation and transliteration. The sorting of these will only be possible following the publication of an up-coming book by Dr. Pankaj Oudhia and I on the subject. Only then will we be able to extract the mistakes from the validly  romanised names, well... at least we'll thin them out.  There are at least 500 well documented species to be eventually covered. Presently we are concentrating on 100 and we appreciate the enormous amount of work ahead of us.

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