Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Phytomedical use in Nepal

Diseases & Uses

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Nepal

Plant Names

English

Latin
AcalbirDatisca cannabina
Air potatoDioscorea bulbifera
Angled loofahLuffa acutangula
Angular winter cherryPhysalis angulata
AppleMalus domestica
Apple of sodomCalotropis procera
AristolochiaAristolochia indica
Arrow leaf pondweedPontederia hastata
Asian watergrassHygroryza aristata
Asiatic sweetleafSymplocos paniculata
AubergineSolanum melongena
Australian red cedarToona hexandra
Autumn crocusCrocus sativus
AvelozEuphorbia tirucalli
Axle wood treeTerminalia anogeissiana
BaelAegle marmelos
BaheraTerminalia bellirica
BaliospermumBaliospermum solanifolium
Ban kapasAzanza lampas
BananaMusa x paradisiaca
BarleyHordeum vulgare
Bastard juteHibiscus cannabinus
Bean hyacinthLablab purpureus subsp. purpureus
BeetBeta vulgaris
BischofiaBischofia javanica
Bitter oleanderHolarrhena pubescens
Bitter orangeCitrus x aurantium
Black oil plantCelastrus paniculatus
Blackboard treeAlstonia scholaris
Bladder dockRumex vesicarius
Blistering ammaniaAmmannia baccifera
Blue hazeEvolvulus alsinoides
Box myrtleMyrica esculenta
Bracted bugleweedAjuga integrifolia
Bread wheatTriticum aestivum
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum
Calcutta bambooDendrocalamus strictus
CanscoraCanscora alata
Cape myrtleMyrsine africana
CatjangVigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
Century plantAgave americana
Ceylon ironwoodMesua ferrea
Ceylon oakSchleichera oleosa
ChairataSwertia chirayita
Chamber bitterPhyllanthus urinaria
ChampedakArtocarpus integer
ChickpeaCicer arietinum
Chinese soapberrySapindus mukorossi
Chinese wedeliaSphagneticola calendulacea
Chirauli nutBuchanania cochinchinensis
Climbing lilyGloriosa superba
Clove basilOcimum gratissimum
Cluster fig treeFicus racemosa
CockscombCelosia argentea
Coffee plumFlacourtia jangomas
Coffee sennaSenna occidentalis
Common beanPhaseolus vulgaris
Common grape vineVitis vinifera
Common mealie-witchweedStriga asiatica
Common rueRuta graveolens
Common salShorea robusta
Common wireweedSida acuta
Common yewTaxus baccata
Cork swallow-wortLeptadenia reticulata
Cotton treeBombax ceiba
Creeping paspalumPaspalum scrobiculatum
Crepe gingerHellenia speciosa
Curry treeMurraya koenigii
DandelionTaraxacum officinale
DhamanGrewia tiliifolia
Downy jasmineJasminum multiflorum
Droopy leafAglaia elaeagnoidea
DaabhDesmostachya bipinnata
Early marsh orchidDactylorhiza incarnata
EarthsmokeFumaria vaillantii
Elephant ear taroAlocasia macrorrhizos
Elephant footElephantopus scaber
EmblicPhyllanthus emblica
European crab appleMalus sylvestris
European pearPyrus communis
Evergreen maidenhairAdiantum venustum
False black pepperEmbelia ribes
Fineleaf fumitoryFumaria parviflora
Finger milletEleusine coracana
Finger-leaf yamDioscorea pentaphylla
Fire flame bushWoodfordia fruticosa
Fish poisonTephrosia purpurea
Flame of the forestButea monosperma
Fox nutEuryale ferox
Garden balsamImpatiens balsamina
Garden onionAllium cepa
GarlicAllium sativum
GentianNeopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora
Gerard's jointfirEphedra gerardiana
Globe amaranthGomphrena globosa
Golden shower treeCassia fistula
Govan's corydalisCorydalis govaniana
Grass peaLathyrus sativus
Gulf sandmatEuphorbia thymifolia
Hairy bergeniaBergenia ciliata
Hairy figFicus hispida
HalduAdina cordifolia
HennaLawsonia inermis
Herb parisParis polyphylla
Himalayan birchBetula utilis
Himalayan elecampaneInula racemosa
Himalayan rhubarbRheum australe
Horse gramMacrotyloma biflorum var. biflorum
India madderRubia manjith
Indian barberryBerberis aristata
Indian borageTrichodesma indicum
Indian elmHoloptelea integrifolia
Indian horse chestnutAesculus indica
Indian jalapIpomoea hederacea
Indian persimmonDiospyros malabarica
Indian plumZiziphus oenopolia
Indian rhubarbRheum webbianum
Indian snakerootRauvolfia serpentina
Indian spurge treeEuphorbia neriifolia
Indian valerianValeriana jatamansi
Indian-hempCrotalaria juncea
Italian jasmineChrysojasminum humile
Jack fruitArtocarpus heterophyllus
JadwarDelphinium denudatum
JambulSyzygium cumini
KadamNeolamarckia cadamba
KaimMitragyna parvifolia
Kans grassSaccharum spontaneum
Key limeCitrus x aurantiifolia
KuwaMorus indica
LebbeckAlbizia lebbeck
LentilVicia lens
Levant cottonGossypium herbaceum
Little ironweedCyanthillium cinereum
LobeliaLobelia pyramidalis
LodhSymplocos racemosa
Long pepperPiper longum
LoquatEriobotrya japonica
LycheeLitchi chinensis
MaizeZea mays
Malabar kinoPterocarpus marsupium
MalabathrumCinnamomum tamala
Malay blumeaBlumea lacera
MandaraErythrina stricta
Midday flowerPentapetes phoenicea
Monkey appleLagenaria siceraria
MonkshoodAconitum ferox
Monks-hoodAconitum napellus
Mung beanVigna radiata
Musk roseRosa moschata
MuskmelonCucumis melo
Nepal yamDioscorea deltoidea
Nepali timurZanthoxylum armatum
OkraAbelmoschus esculentus
Ox kneeAchyranthes bidentata
PapayaCarica papaya
PeaLathyrus oleraceus
PeanutArachis hypogaea
PeppermintMentha x piperita
Perennial buckwheatFagopyrum cymosum
Persian silk treeAlbizia julibrissin
PhalsaGrewia asiatica
Pigeon peaCajanus cajan
Portia treeThespesia populnea
PotatoSolanum tuberosum
Prickly chaff flowerAchyranthes aspera
Proso milletPanicum miliaceum
Purple camel’s footBauhinia purpurea
PutranjivaPutranjiva roxburghii
Rai jamunSyzygium nervosum
Red and blue water lilyNymphaea nouchali
RiceOryza sativa
Rose appleSyzygium jambos
Rough bryonyCucumis maderaspatanus
Salad rocketEruca vesicaria
SaltcedarTamarix dioica
SatavarAsparagus racemosus
SesameSesamum indicum
ShallotAllium ascalonicum
Siamese rough bushStreblus asper
Sieversian wormwoodArtemisia sieversiana
Silver date palmPhoenix sylvestris
Small flowered ixoraIxora pavetta
Sneeze wortCentipeda minima
SonkadiVicoa indica
SorghumSorghum bicolor
Spanish jasmineJasminum grandiflorum
SpikenardNardostachys jatamansi
SpinachSpinacia oleracea
Stag's-horn clubmossLycopodium clavatum
StonebreakerPhyllanthus niruri
Sugar-applesAnnona squamosa
Sweet acaciaVachellia farnesiana
Sweet flagAcorus calamus
Sweet potatoIpomoea batatas
Tall albiziaAlbizia procera
TeaCamellia sinensis
Three-leaved caperCrateva magna
Toothbrush treeSalvadora persica
Velvet leafCissampelos pareira
Water spinachIpomoea aquatica
White juteCorchorus capsularis
White mulberryMorus alba
Wild cabbageBrassica oleracea
Wild carrotDaucus carota
Wild guavaCareya arborea
Wild jujubeZiziphus rugosa
Wild-sweetsopAnnona reticulata
Yellow myrobalanTerminalia chebula
Yellow oleanderCascabela thevetia

Source: LiberHerbarum/Sn3315
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