Plant Index

Figures indicate verse numbers in the section "The Science of
Plant Life" in the English translation of Surapala's
Vrikshayurveda. Authors of scientific names of three plant
species (asmapa, asvakarna, and birbhati) are not available.
abhaya (haritaki) (Terminalia chebula Retz., chebulic myrobalan;
T. citrina Roxb. ex Flem.) 254–258
alambu(ka) (Cucurbita maxima Duch., squash, pumpkin, red
gourd) 69, 155, 156
alukanda (Dioscorea sp.) 51
amalaka(ki) (Phyllanthus emblica Linn., syn. Emblica officinalis
Gaertn., emblic myrobalan, Indian gooseberry) 23, 299 (also
see dhatri)
amra (Mangifera indica Linn., mango) 16, 23, 43, 48–49, 87, 123,
232, 241, 323 (also see makanda—mango)
amrata (amralata) (Spondias pinnata (Linn. f.) Kurz, wild
mango) 41, 132, 259–260
anjana (translated by some as Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight
& Arn.; collyrium, black pigment, extract of Amomum
xanthioides Wall. ex Baker, wild Siamese cardamom) 241, 299
ankola (see ankolha)
ankolha (Alangium lamarckii Thw., syn. A. salviifolium (Linn.
f.) Wang.) 123, 143, 246, 277, 278, 281, 291–292
ardra(ka) (Zingiber officinale Rosc., ginger) 51
arjuna (Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn., arjun) 30, 116,
211, 273, 276, 277, 323 (also see nara)
asana (Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth, laurel) 244
ash gourd (see kusmanda)
asita (Indigofera tinctoria Linn., indigo) 315 (also see nili)
asmapa (Coleus scutellarioides) 254–258 (see notes)
asoka (Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde, ashoka) 42, 92, 149, 233
asphota (Clitoria ternatea Linn.) 254–258
asvaghna (Zanthoxylum limonella (Dennst.) Alston) 236
asvakarna (Vatica robusta) 322
asvattha (Ficus religiosa Linn., peepal, sacred fig) 11, 23, 26,
320 (also see pippala)
atimukta(ka) (Hiptage benghalensis (Linn.) Kurz, clustered
hiptage) 43, 254–258, 293 (also see madhavi)
ativisa (Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle, atis root) 194
badari (badara) (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam., Indian jujube,
common jujube) 29, 48–49, 93, 135, 308, 309 (also see kola
and sauvira)
bakula (Mimusops elengi Linn., bulletwood) 56, 87, 147, 245,
250 (also see kesara)
bamboo (see vamsa)
banyan (see vata)
barley (see yava)
betel nut (Areca catechu Linn., areca nut) 124 (also see puga)
bhallataka (Semecarpus anacardium Linn. f., marking nut tree)
91, 195, 323
bhillata (see bhallataka)
bhillota (see bhallataka)
bibhitaka (Terminalia bellirica Roxb., belliric myrobalan) 312
bidanga (Embelia ribes Burm. f.) 52, 54, 83, 100, 116, 119, 125,
142, 229, 237, 254–258 (also see vidanga)
bijapuraka (Citrus limon (Linn.) Burm. f., lemon) 29, 43, 141
bilva (Aegle marmelos Correa ex Roxb., bael, Bengal quince)
10, 23, 48–49, 134, 137, 142 (also see sriphala)
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