jivaka :
Taxonomical Classification
Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Family: Orchidaceae
Allied species:
4 orchid species1. Malaxis muscifera
2. Malaxis acuminata
3. Habenaria intermedia
4. Habenaria edgeworthi
VERNACULAR NAMES
Sanskrit: jivya,dirghayu,cirajiviEnglish: none (jeevak)
Hindi: jeevak
Telugu: jeevakamu
Marathi: विलायती गवत vilayati gavat , lasun-ghas, lujen
Tamil: jeevakam
Malayalam: jeevakam
Kannada: ಜೀವಕ Jivaka
Varities:
-In India, 19 species of Malaxis are distributed and six of them occur alone in Arunachal Pradesh. Some of the important Indian species are Malaxis acuminata, M. andamanica, M. cylindrostachya, M. khasiana, M. muscifera, M. rheedii and M. versicolor (Chowdhery, 1998). Only a few species of Malaxis are medicinally important- » Classification and names of jivaka
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