Acer acuminatum, Tapering Leaf Maple

 
Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D.Don
Synonyms: Acer caudatum, Acer sterculiaceum
Common name: Tapering Leaf Maple
Chinese name: 齿裂枫 chi lie feng
Nepali: कानचिरो Kanchiro

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Desmodium concinnum, Blue Desmodium

 
Desmodium concinnum DC.
Family: Leguminosae / Fabaceae
Synonym: Desmodium barbigerum, Meibomia concinna
Common name: Blue Desmodium
Nepali: गहते झार Gahate jhar
Chinese: 凹叶山蚂蝗 ao ye shan ma huang

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Nelumbo nucifera Tamara Kamal Padmam

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Family: Nelumbonaceae
Synonyms: Nelumbium nuciferum, Nelumbo caspica, Nelumbo caspica, Nelumbo komarovii, Nelumbo speciosa, Nymphaea nelumbo
Arabic :   Nilufer, Uss-ul-nilufer, جذور اللوتس
Assamese: পদম padam
Bengali: কমল komol , Kombol, Komal, Pudmapudu, Padama
Burmese :  Padung ma.
Chinese :   荷  He,    荷花    He hua,      荷叶  He ye,   莲   Lian,   蓮   Lian  (Taiwan).
English : East Indian lotus,  Egyptian lotus, Indian lotus, Lotus,  Lotus root,  Oriental lotus,  Sacred bean of India, Sacred lotus, Sacred water lily.
French : Fève d'Egypte, Lotus des Indes,  Lotus du Nil, Lotus indien, Lotus Magnolia,  Lotus sacré, Lotus sacré de l'Inde.
German :  Indischer Lotus, Indischer Lotusblume.
Gujarati: kamal , કમળ
Hindi: कमल kamal, कन्वल kanwal
Italian :   Fior di loto, Loto.
Japanese :    ハス  Hasu,   レンコン   Renkon.
kannada: ತಾವರೆ tavare
Korean :  Yon puri (root).
Malay :  Bunga telpok, Seroja, Teratai.
Malayalam: താമര tamara
Manipuri: থম্বাল thambal
Marathi: कमळ kamal
Nepalese :   Kamal,    Raato kamal,     Raato thuulo kamal.
Oriya: ପଦମ padam
Persian :   Nilufer.
Portuguese :    Flor-de-lótus, Lótus-da-índia, Lótus-do-Egito, Lótus-egípcio, Lótus-sagrado.
Russian :  Лотос орехоносный.
Sanskrit: अम्बुज ambuj, कमल kamala, पद्म padma, पंकज pankaja, सरसिज sarsija, शारदा sharada
Sinhalese :  Nelum.
Spanish : Loto sagrado, Rosa del Nilo, Raiz de lotus (root).
Tamil: அம்பல் ambal, தாமரை tamarai
Telugu: తామర Tamara, కలువ kaluva
Thai :   บัวหลวง    Bua luang.
Urdu: نیلوفر , nilufer

Ayurvedic uses: Raktapitta, Visarpa, TTrushna, Daha, Vishavikara, Chardi, Raktapitta, Murcha, Kasa, Vatagulma, Visarpa, Visphota, Mutrakruchra, Dansodbhava, Jvara, Bhrama, Sosha, Hrudroga.

Activitie: Antibacterial,  Anticancer,  Antidote,  Antidote, alcohol,  Antidote, mushroom,  Antipyretic,  Antispasmodic,  Aphrodisiac,  Astringent,  Cardiotonic,  Cerebrotonic,  CNS Depressant,  Cytotoxic,  Demulcent,  Depurative,  Diaphoretic,  Diuretic,  Hemostat,  Nervine,  Sedative,  Tonic,  Uterotonic,  Vermifuge (Handbook of Medicinal Herbs).

Action: Filament—astringent and haemostatic. Prescribed for bleeding piles and menorrhagia. Flowers—a decoction is given in cholera, fever, strangury, palpitation of heart. Rhizomes—given in piles, chronic dyspepsia and dysentery; applied externally to cutaneous eruptions, scabies and ringworm. Rhizome-arrowroot— given to children in diarrhoea and dysentery. Root—astringent, diuretic, antiemetic, cooling. Used for dysentery, dyspepsia, piles, skin affections and for its anticoagulant properties (Indian Medicinal Plants Ayurveda).

Indications: Vomiting, haemoptysis, tachycardia, pyrexia, stiffness of neck, giddiness, restlessness, leucorrhoea, spermatorrhoea, impotency and aging (Medicinal Plants of Myanmar).

Siddha uses: Suram, Kayachal, Kan erichal, Neervetkai

Relaxing effect on smooth muscles, increases essential body energies (Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants).

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