| s.no. |
scientific_name |
author(s) |
medicinal_use(s) |
| 1 |
Abrus precatorius |
L. |
Rooted seed powder used as an obortifacient; seed paste applied on plaster for bone fracture. Decoction of roots used in fever, cough, rheumatic arthritis and dysentery |
| 2 |
Eclipta prostrata |
(L.) L. |
Decoction of plant given in catarrh and throat pain; plant juice also used in asthma, fever and constipation |
| 3 |
Gerbera gossypina |
(Royle) G. Beauv |
Leaf juice applied on cuts and wounds and paste plastered on bone fracture .In olden days fibre used to manufacture coarse cloth for sacs and mats; the fibre is also used to burn the fire |
| 4 |
Ganiphalium hypoleucum |
DC . |
Plants extract applied on cuts and wounds; plants juice applied on breast and believed to increase lactation |
| 5 |
Ageratum conyzoides |
L. |
Plant with the roots of Thalictrum foliolosum, made into paste and applied on sores, cuts and various skin ailments |
| 6 |
Anaphalis busua |
(Buch.-Ham. Ex D. Don) DC |
Leaf juice applied on bruises, wounds and cuts |
| 7 |
Artemisia nilgirica |
Pampanini |
Leaf juice used against intestinal worms ; young twigs made into brooms; plants regarded as sacred |
| 8 |
Cirsium verutum |
(D. Don) Sprengel. |
Root juice taken in constipation and dyspepsia and externally applied in chest pain |
| 9 |
Echinops echinatus |
Roxb. |
Roots edible; root extract given to infants to promote emergence of teeth: root juice given in fever and urinary troubles |
| 10 |
Eclipta prostrata |
(L.) L. |
Decoction of plant given in catarrh and throat pain; plant juice also used in asthma, fever and constipation |
| 11 |
Eupatorium adenophorum |
Sprengel. |
Crushed leaves applied on wounds |
| 12 |
Gerbera gossypina |
(Royle) G. Beauv. |
Leaf juice applied on cuts and wounds and paste plastered on bone fracture .In olden days fibre used to manufacture coarse cloth for sacs and mats; the fibre is also used to burn the fire |
| 13 |
Ganiphalium hypoleucum |
DC . |
Plants extract applied on cuts and wounds; plants juice applied on breast and believed to increase lactation |
| 14 |
Inula cappa |
(Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) DC |
Roots given in suppressed urination |
| 15 |
Senecio graciliflorous |
DC. |
Plant paste applied on insect bites and ringworm disease; juice of head dropped in pussed ear; plant believed to be poisonous to cattle |
| 16 |
Siegesbeckia orientalis |
L. |
Decoction of plant with rice water taken in diarrhoea and bowel complaints |
| 17 |
Sonchus brachyotus |
DC |
Roots used in the folk medicine against cough and bronchitis; young shoots and leaves as vegetable in famine |
| 18 |
Tagetes erecta |
L. |
Flower paste often applied on the wounds and cuts; leaf juice dropped in otalgia |
| 19 |
Tagetes patula |
L. |
Leaf powder used as an insect repellent and paste used in skin ailments |
| 20 |
Tridax procumbens |
Linn. |
Occasionally leaves cooked as vegetable; paste of the plant used to heal the wounds and cuts |
| 21 |
Vernonia cinerea |
(L.) Less. |
Leaf extract used in dysentery; seeds in cough and cold |
| 22 |
Achyranthes aspera |
L. |
Root infusion taken in malarial fever: leaf extract supposed to facilitate delivery: root powder used in making local beverage: plant decoction used in dropsy and bronchitis |
| 23 |
Achyranthes bidentata |
Blume |
Similar to A. Aspera |
| 24 |
Aerva sanguinolenta |
(L.) Blume |
Plant used as diuretic and demulcent |
| 25 |
Amaranthus spinosus |
L. |
Leaves used for vegetable: infusion of leaves with salt is given in dysmenorrhoea; plant also used as fodder |
| 26 |
Abutilon indicum |
(L.) Sweet, Hort. |
Stem yields a coarse fibre. Decoction of leaves and bark given in fever and dysuria. |
| 27 |
Sida cordifolia |
L. |
Stem yields a coarse fibre; seed powder given in dyspepsia; roots astringent, diuretic and tonic |
| 28 |
Sida rhombifolia |
L. |
Leaf paste applied externally on boils and joints pain, fibre obtained from stem used for ropes |
| 29 |
Urena lobata |
L. |
Stem yields a coarse fibre; flowers expectorant; root paste applied on body pain and in rheumatism |
| 30 |
Abrus precatorius |
L. |
Rooted seed powder used as an obortifacient; seed paste applied on plaster for bones fracture. Decoction of roots used in fever, cough, rheumatic arthritis and dysentery |
| 31 |
Dalbergia sissoo |
Roxb. |
Wood commercially well known for construction and furniture; leaves lopped for fodder. The resin used in skin ailments; an important tree of social forestry |
| 32 |
Desmodium gangeticum |
(L.) DC. Prodr. |
Roots astringent and tonic , used in fever and dysentery |
| 33 |
Desmodium heterocarpon |
(L.) DC. Prodr. |
Decoction of leaves used in cough |
| 34 |
Desmodium triflorum |
(L.) DC. Prodr. |
Plants browsed by cattle |
| 35 |
Indigofera heterantha |
Wallich ex Brandis |
Flowers used as vegetables ; leaves lopped for fodder ; twigs made into baskets or containers. Leaf juice taken in diarrhoea, dysentery and cough |
| 36 |
Macrotyloma uniflorum |
(Lam.) Verdc. |
Seeds comprise an important pulse; tender parts and leaves used as fodder. Leaf juice poured in ear in otalgia; decoction of seeds given in renal calculi and in leucorrhoea |
| 37 |
Melilotus indica |
(L.) |
Roasted seeds given in diarrhoea and dysentery; plant used as fodder |
| 38 |
Ougeinia oojeinensis |
(Roxb.) Hochreutiner |
Twigs lopped for fodder; timber used for various purposes, particularly for making vessels; bark extract used to intoxicate fishes; gum used in digestive troubles. Quite useful for bee- forage and soil conservation; and also acts as soil binder |
| 39 |
Piptanthus nepalensis |
(Hook) D.Don |
Green pods chewed raw; ripe seeds cooked as vegetables and extract used as galactogogue .Leaf juice dropped in pussed ear |
| 40 |
Adhatoda zeylanica |
Medibus. |
Young twigs made into vegetables, supposed to be good for cough and cold .The juice of flowers useful in pulmonary affections; leaves and roots infusion useful in bronchitis and fever ; flowers as a source of bee-forage |
| 41 |
Barleria cristata |
L. |
Root decoction used against bronchitis and pneumonia; leaves and root paste applied on wound- swelling; root chips added to local beverages; seeds regarded as antidote to snake bite; flowers as a source of bee-forage; plants act as soil binder |
| 42 |
Barleria prionitis |
L. |
Root and bark used in indigenous medicine for cough and cold |
| 43 |
Dicliptera bupliroides |
Nees. Nees, |
Leaf paste applied on wounds to check bleeding ; leaf juice useful in cough and gastro-enteritis |
| 44 |
Justicia procumbens |
L. var simplex (D.Don) Yamazaki |
Common on moist shady localities .erect, slender, much branched herbs, flowers pale -purple |
| 45 |
Lepidagathis cuspidata |
Nees. |
Root powder with milk used in fever; flowers as a source of bee - forage |
| 46 |
Ajuga bracteosa |
Wallich ex Benth. |
Leaf extract used in malarial fever; bitter plant extract as a tonic, astringent and febrifuge |
| 47 |
Anisomeles indica |
(L.) Kuntze. |
Plant extract used as carminative and astringent; root powder with milk or extract given to avoid nocturnal emission |
| 48 |
Colebrooka oositifolia |
J.E Smith. |
Leaf paste applied on wounds; dried leaves as adulterant to tobacco; flowers an important source of bee-forage in apiculture |
| 49 |
Hyptis suaveolens |
(L. Poiteau,) |
Leaf juice as anthelmintic and powder used in local beverage |
| 50 |
Leucas cephalotes |
(Roth) Sprengel. |
Poultice of leaves applied on wounds and sores |
| 51 |
Leucus lanata |
Benth |
Plant infusion given with honey in the treatment of whooping cough; young shoots cooked as vegetable |
| 52 |
Micromeria biflora |
(Buch.-Ham. Ex D. Don) Benth |
Flavour of crushed leaves inhaled in cold and sinusitis; extract of leaves with milk given in gastroenteritis |
| 53 |
Nepeta hindostana |
(Roth) Haines. |
Plant yields cardiac tonic, also given in fever and gonorrhoea |
| 54 |
Ocimum basilium |
L. |
Leaves used as flovouring agent and in making sauce, also as an insecticide; seeds medicinal in fever, cough and cold |
| 55 |
Ocimum tenuiflorum |
L. |
It is regarded as a sacred plant , worshipped and used in several religious ceremonies; plant highly medicinal for fever, cold and cough; colitis, urinary troubles and vomiting; believed to be instant remedy of all types of disorders; often conserved |
| 56 |
Pogostemon benghalense |
(Burm.f.) Kuntze. |
Leaf extract with water given in colic and fever; flowers important source of bee- forage; plant is a good soil binder |
| 57 |
Albizia lebbeck |
(L.) Benth |
Seeds and bark used in diarrhoea, dysentery, eye complaints and in piles; gum exuded used in ulcer/flowers as source of bee-forage, leaves provide palatable fodder to cattle, wood for various articles |
| 58 |
Anagallis arvensis |
L. |
Plant paste or extract used in leprosy, dropsy and cerebral affections; also used to detach leeches from the body |
| 59 |
Anemone rivularis |
Buch- Ham. Ex. DC. |
Paste of leaves applied externally on forehead in headache. Leaf juice applied on wounds, sores and earache in local therapy |
| 60 |
Bupleurum hamiltonii |
Balakrishnan. |
Roots used in stomach and liver disorders; plants browsed by cattle |
| 61 |
Centella asiastica |
(L) urban. |
Plant juice or powder used in the treatment of mental disorders and as a blood purifier; herb regarded as a tonic and diuretic ; leaf paste applied for skin diseases including leprosy |
| 62 |
Aquilegia pubiylora |
Wallich ex Royle. |
Herb used in folk medicine as febrifuge, although believed to be poisonous |
| 63 |
Capsella bursa-pastoris |
(L.) Medikus |
Root and leaf extract taken in gonorrhoea and urinary troubles; plant paste applied on cuts and wounds; young plants occasionally used as pot herb |
| 64 |
Lepidium sativum |
L. |
Young plant or leaves cooked as vegetables; seeds as condiments; browsed by cattle and goats. Seeds poultice applied over sprains and body swellings |
| 65 |
Nasturtinum officinale |
R. Br. |
Young plant taken as green vegetable, supposed to be good for constipation. Herb used in goitre and also as vermifuge |
| 66 |
Arisaema concinnum |
|
Paste of berries externally applied as antidote in snake bite; extract of tuber used to induce vomiting, excessive amount believed to be poisonous |
| 67 |
Asparagus adscendens |
Buch.-Ham. ex. Roxb. |
The tuberous roots are picked; young shoots eaten as vegetables; ripe fruits said to cause abortion. Tuber with honey given in dysuria, diabetes and dysentery |
| 68 |
Asparagus racemosus |
Willd Tall. |
Roots aphrodisiac, antiseptic, refrigerant, often used with fresh water or milk, root decoction with jaggery used as an abortifacient |
| 69 |
Bacopa monnieri |
(L.) Pennell |
Plant paste applied externally for rheumatic pains, extract with milk said to improve intellect and memory, also used in epilepsy |
| 70 |
Lindenbergia indica |
(L.) Vathe |
Leaves used in bronchitis , poultice applied on cuts and wounds |
| 71 |
Mazus pumilus |
(Burm.f.)Van steenis. |
Leaf poultice applied on burns ; infusion of plant with Zinger extract given in colic |
| 72 |
Verbascum thapsus |
L |
Plant extract taken in bronchitis and asthma; seeds used as narcotic; Plant extract also used in fish- poisoning; rarely flowers used as dye |
| 73 |
Baliespermum montanum |
(Willd.) Muell-Arg. |
Seeds used as purgative, substitute of Jamalghota; seed oil externally applied in rheumatic pains; leaf and root decoction given in jaundice and bronchial diseases |
| 74 |
Euphorbia hypericifelia |
L. |
Leaf infusion given in folk remedy for dysentery, diarrhoea and menorrhagia |
| 75 |
Jatropha curcas |
L. |
Seed oil medicinal as anthelmintic and applied externally in rheumatism as well as skin disorders |
| 76 |
Mallotus philippensis |
(Lam.) Muell - Arg. |
Powder of fruits also used as anthelmintic and purgative; seeds oil substitute of Tung oil used in various industries; wood for rafters, match boxes and as a fuel; flowers as an occasional sources of bee- forage |
| 77 |
Bauhinia purpurea |
L. |
Flowers buds cooked as vegetables and foliage used as fodder; wood used for agricultural implements. Bark used in dyeing and tanning, as well as in medicine as detergent of wounds |
| 78 |
Cassia fistula |
L. |
Fruits and bark medicinally used as an antiseptic; antidote of snake and scorpion bite; fruit pulp in asthma, bronchitis and skin diseases |
| 79 |
Cassia occidentalis |
L |
Leaves used in skin diseases; fruits believed to be an antidote of snake bite; decoction of riit given in dropsy; Leaf and root paste useful in piles , boils and ringworms |
| 80 |
Begonia picta |
Smith |
Decoction of plant in boiled water given in colic and dyspepsia; young leaves occasionally cooked as vegetable |
| 81 |
Benincasa hispida |
(Thnb.) Cogniaun. |
Fruits cooked with rice and eleusnie coracana, administered to increase sexual cycles in cattle; seeds given in gonorrhoea |
| 82 |
Citrullus colocynthis |
(L.) Schrader |
ccasionally used as vegetables; fruits and seeds used in indigenous medicines as an expectorant and diuretic; roots beneficial in jaundice |
| 83 |
Coccinia grandis |
(L.) Vagt |
Leaves and root juice given in diabetes; leaves also supposed to be antiseptic; fruit juice given in gonorrhoea |
| 84 |
Solena amplexicaulis |
(Lam.) Gandhi |
Roots and seeds given in digestive troubles; seed mixed with leaf extract of Vasik, believed to cause abortion |
| 85 |
Berberis aristata |
DC. |
Juice from bark of stem or root often known as ' Rasaut' dropped in ophthalmia. Infusion of root given in fever |
| 86 |
Berberis asiatica |
Roxb. ex DC Fairly |
Root extract in ophthalmia; fruits edible. Wood and bark yield yellow dye |
| 87 |
Berberis lycium |
RoyleSaxifraguceae |
Ripe fruits edible, also made into sauce. Bark and roots orally taken to relieve jaundice and mennorrhagia. Bark of stem or root yields 'Rasaut' used for eye ailments |
| 88 |
Berginia ciliata |
(Haworth) Sternberg. |
Supposed to be highly medicinal; rhizomatous part used as tonic- and febrifuge; also used in digestive, and cutaneous disorders; dried leaves adulterated with tea |
| 89 |
Boehmeria rugulasa |
Wedd. |
Wood often used for vessels, combs, boxes, cups and other articles; leaves provide good palatable fodder; plaster of bark applied on fractured- bones |
| 90 |
Debregeasia saliciyolia |
(D.Don) Rendle. |
Plant provides good fodder; bark yields strong fibre for rope and cordages; fruits edible; plaster made from the bark for bone- fracture |
| 91 |
Urtica dioica |
L. |
Stem yields strong -shining fibre, used for sacs, ropes and mats; young branches and leaves used as delicious pot herb; seeds oil edible as well as medicinal in sciatica, rheumatism and several skin ailments, hair- wash from leaf extract believed to avoid baldness |
| 92 |
Boeminghausenia albiflora |
(Hook.) Reichb. ex Meisn |
Leaf paste applied on cuts and wounds, root powder used as antiseptic and juice given in vomiting and dysentery |
| 93 |
Boerhavia diffusa |
L. |
Leaves and tender shoots occasionally made into vegetable; roots chewed as energy tonic. Leaf extract used in eye complaints; infusion of plants used in asthma and bronchitis |
| 94 |
Bombax ceiba |
L |
Flower buds as vegetables ; fibre of seeds (kapok) used for stuffing cushions and pillows; wood light in weight used for packing cases, boats , mach sticks etc. Gum exuded from stem medicinal aphrodisiac, also to relieve digestive disorders |
| 95 |
Bryophillum pinnatum |
(Lam.) Oken |
Leaves supposed to be poisonous; poultice of leaves used to wounds and bruises |
| 96 |
Buddleja asiatica |
Lour |
Leaf extract used in skin diseases; roots used as an abortifacient; stem made into walking sticks; flowers important source of bee- forage; plant is a good soil binder |
| 97 |
Callicarpa macrophylla |
Vahl |
Fruits edible, useful in oral aphthae; leaves after heating applied externally on rheumatic pain flowers as source of bee- forage |
| 98 |
Clerodendrum viscosum |
Ventenat |
Leaves bitter, used as vermifuge and in skin disease; stem rarely used as fuel |
| 99 |
Phyla nodiflora |
(L.) Greene |
The plant is considered to bear cooling effects, extract often used in menstrual complaints and fever |
| 100 |
Premna mucronata |
Roxb. |
Wood used as fuel; the bark febrifuge, also applied to boils; browsed by goats |
| 101 |
Vitex negundo |
L. |
Branches used for baskets; dried leaves kept with stored grains as an insecticide; the leaves, fruits and roots are highly medicinal, used in rheumatism, arthelmintic, analgestic; flowers as source of bee-forage in apiary; sometimes plant is used as bio fence |
| 102 |
Calotropis gigantea |
(L.) Dryander. |
Regarded as sacred plants by Hindus and the flowers offered to lord Shiva; bark of roots used in dysentery and powder of flowers often taken with honey in cold, cough and asthma |
| 103 |
Calotropis procera |
(Aiten) Dryander |
Stem fibre used for making rough nets; the soft floss of the seeds for stuffing pillows and cushion; the latex and root bark used as an expectorant; flowers in cold, cough and asthma |
