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Indian Medicinal Plants, based on a treatise prepared by S. Raghunatha Iyer, a scholar of both Sanskrit and Ayurveda, aims to make an authoritative contribution to the field. The original work which drew upon classical texts and current research, as well as the oral medical knowledge of tribal groups has been updated by scholars associated with the Arya Vaidya Sala in Kottakal, India. This unique compendium offers profiles of 500 key species with detailed taxonomic information. One of the leading features of this compilation is the special technique used in the illustrations, both colour and line, which aims to achieve authenticity of texture, colour and form. The book also lists the distribution and popular nomenclature in English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. The main texts present properties and uses in a format which cites ancient verse texts and ethnobotanical sources. This rare work, in five volumes, should be of special interest to practitioners of alternative medicine, students of Ayurveda, the research and industry associated with medical botany, pharmacologists, sociologists and medical herbalists.

P K Warrier, Managing Trustee of the Arya Vaidyasala, Kottakkal, Kerala. Nambiar,

V.P.K.Nambiar, former systematic botanist at the Kerala Forest Research Institute and a specialist in the flora of the Western Ghats.

C.Ramankutty, a learned physician of the Arya Vaidyasala, Kottakkal, Kerala.

Caryota urens
Cassia absus
Cassia auriculata
Cassia fistula
Cassia occidentalis
Cassia senna
Cassia tora
Catharanthus roseus
Catunaregum spinosa
Cayratia carnosa
Cedrus deodara
Ceiba pentandra
Celastrus paniculatus
Centella asiatica
Ceratophyllum demersum
Cerbera odollam
Chenopodium album
Chonemorpha fragrans
Cicer arietinum
Cichorium intybus
Cinchona officinalis
Cinnamomum camphora
Cinnamomum tamala
Cinnamomum verum
Citrulius colocynthis
Citrus aurantifolia
Citrus limon
Citrus medica
Citrus reticulata
Cissus quadrangularis
Cleome viscosa
Clerodendrum serratum
Clerodendrum viscosum
Clitoria ternatea
Coccinia grandis
Cocculus hirsutus
Cochlospermum religiosum
Cocus nucifera
Coffea arabica
Coix lacryma-jobi
Colocasia esculenta
Commiphora mukul
Commiphora myrrha
Commiphora wightii
Coptis teeta
Cordia dichotoma
Coriandrum sativum
Coscinium fenestratum
Costus speciosus
Crataeva magna
Cress a cretica
Crinum asiaticum
Crocus sativus
Crotalaria retusa
Croton tiglium
Cucumis melo var. utilissimus
Cucumis sativus
Cucumis trigonus
Cucurbita maxima
Cuminum cyminum
Curculigo orchioides
Curcuma amada
Curcuma aromatica
Curcuma longa
Cuscuta reflexa
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Cyathula prostrata
Cycas circinalis
Cyclea peltata
Cymbopogon citratus
Cymbopogon martinii
Cynodon dactylon
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperusrotundus
Dall.ergia sissoo
Datura metel
Daucus carota var. sativa
Delphinium denudatum
Dendrophthoe falcate
Desmodium gangeticum
Desmodium triflorum
Desmostachya bipinnata
Dichrostachys cinerea
Dioscorea alata
Diospyros malabarica
Diplocyclos palmatus
Drynaria quercifolia
Drypetes roxburghii
Eclipta prostrata
Elaeocarpus sphaericus
Elephantopus scaber
Elettaria cardamomum
Eleusine coracana
Embelia ribes
Emilia sonchifolia
Enicostemma axillare
Erythrina variegata
Eucalyptus globulus
Eupatorium triplinerve
Euphorbia antiquorum

Appendix A
Appendix B
Index to Sanskrit Terms