Botanical families

The dravyas in this reference grouped by the botanical family GBIF assigns them, for the 42 families where three or more entries share one. Which Ayurvedic herbs belong to the mint family, or the legumes, is a question the material answers and nothing else on the web asks.

Families come from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy rather than from our own pages. A name that matched exactly is grouped, and so is one where GBIF fixed the genus but not the species, because a family follows from the genus: those entries say so where they are listed. A fuzzy match is excluded, because there the organism itself is in doubt, and a guess grouped into a family reads as a fact. 54 further families have one or two entries each and are left off rather than made into near-empty pages.

• Fabaceae

  44 entries. Adhaki, Agastya, Aparajita and more.

• Lamiaceae

  16 entries. Agnimantha, Aivana, Ajwain Herb and more.

• Apiaceae

  14 entries. Ajmoda, Ajwain, Coriander and more.

• Apocynaceae

  12 entries. Ananta Mool, Arka, Arka Pushpa and more.

• Malvaceae

  11 entries. Atibala, Bala, Gangeruki and more.

• Poaceae

  11 entries. Bhutika, Durva, Gavedhuka and more.

• Cucurbitaceae

  10 entries. Alabu, Bimbi, Bitter Gourd and more.

• Asteraceae

  9 entries. Akarakarabha, Aranya Jeeraka, Bhringraj and more.

• Euphorbiaceae

  9 entries. Danti, Danti Moola, Dugdhika and more.

• Zingiberaceae

  9 entries. Amra Haridra, Ela, Ginger and more.

• Rutaceae

  8 entries. Bijapura, Bilva, Bilva Majja and more.

• Myrtaceae

  7 entries. Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Herb, Jambu and more.

• Rubiaceae

  7 entries. Kadamba, Lavali, Madanaphala and more.

• Acanthaceae

  6 entries. Kalmegh, Kokilaksha, Saireyaka and more.

• Moraceae

  6 entries. Ashwattha, Lakuca, Nyagrodha and more.

• Piperaceae

  6 entries. Black Pepper, Chavika, Chavya and more.

• Solanaceae

  6 entries. Ashwagandha, Brihati, Kakamachi and more.

• Amaranthaceae

  5 entries. Apamarga, Bhadra, Matsyakshi and more.

• Anacardiaceae

  5 entries. Amra, Amra Beeja, Karkatashringi and more.

• Arecaceae

  5 entries. Kharjura, Narikela, Narikela Jala and more.

• Combretaceae

  5 entries. Arjuna, Arjuna Twak, Bibhitaki and more.

• Lythraceae

  5 entries. Dadima, Dadima Twak, Dhataki and more.

• Meliaceae

  5 entries. Mahanimba, Neem, Nimba and more.

• Plantaginaceae

  5 entries. Brahmi, Isabgol, Ishabgula and more.

• Amaryllidaceae

  4 entries. Lasuna, Palandu, Rasona Garlic and more.

• Convolvulaceae

  4 entries. Akhuparni, Shankhpushpi, Trivrit and more.

• Lauraceae

  4 entries. Medasaka, Tamalpatra, Tejapatra and more.

• Menispermaceae

  4 entries. Ambasthaki, Giloy Satva, Guduchi and more.

• Asparagaceae

  3 entries. Meda, Shatavari, Shatavari Ksheera.

• Bignoniaceae

  3 entries. Patala, Rohitaka, Shyonaka.

• Capparaceae

  3 entries. Himsra, Karira, Varuna.

• Nelumbonaceae

  3 entries. Kamala, Kamala Kesara, Kamalakanda.

• Oleaceae

  3 entries. Jati, Parijata, Yuthika.

• Orchidaceae

  3 entries. Jivaka, Riddhi, Rishabhaka.

• Oxalidaceae

  3 entries. Amlaparni, Changeri, Karmaranga.

• Papaveraceae

  3 entries. Ahiphena, Parpataka, Satyanashi.

• Phyllanthaceae

  3 entries. Amla, Bhumyamalaki, Tamalaki.

• Pinaceae

  3 entries. Devadaru, Talisa, Talisapatra.

• Ranunculaceae

  3 entries. Kalajaji, Kalonji, Vatsanabha.

• Rosaceae

  3 entries. Padmaka, Taruni, Vathada.

• Sapotaceae

  3 entries. Bakula, Madhuka, Madhuka Pushpa.

• Zygophyllaceae

  3 entries. Dhamasa, Gokshura, Ingudi.

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