Yava:

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hordeolum
Species: Hordeum vulgare

Allied species:

It is used in a wide range in Indian system of medicine (Ayurveda) and described under Shukadhanya Varga. The cereal description is available since times of Vedas and Puranas (Upanishads, Shatapata brahmana), Atharvaveda, Agnipurana. The usage of Yava both as Pathya & Oushadha is established in ancient texts and modern research experiments.

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: aksata, akshata, dhanyaraja, divya
English: Barley , Common barley, Cultivated barley, Hooded barley, Malting barley.
Hindi: जव jav, जौ jau
Urdu: jao, jav
Telugu: barlibiyam, dhanuabhedam
Bengali: বার্লি Bārli
Marathi: satu, jav
Konkani: Sovad
Oriya: Jav, Javadhana, Yava, Bansa
Gujarathi: Jau, Java, Jau
Tamil: barliarisi
Malayalam: barli, yavam
Kannada: jave-godhi
Punjabi: Jav, Jau
Sindhi: ڪٽيو
Arabic: شعير
Spanish: cebada, Cebada común, Cebada cultivada.
Assamese: যৱ
Japanese: オオムギ Ōmugi
Chinese: 大麦 Dàmài
French: orge
German: Gerste
Burma: mu yaw hcaparr
Nepal: बर्ली Barlī
Persian: جو
Sinhalese: බාර්ලි bārli
Tulu: bArli
Greek: κριθάρι krithári

Varities:

In traditional classifications of barley, these morphological differences have led to different forms of barley being classified as different species. Under these classifications, two-row barley with shattering spikes (wild barley) is classified as Hordeum spontaneum K. Koch. Two-row barley with nonshattering spikes is classified as H. distichum L., six-row barley with nonshattering spikes as H. vulgare L. (or H. hexastichum L.), and six-row with shattering spikes as H. agriocrithon Åberg.

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