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Synonyms of Guda - Saccharum officinarum

Guda:

Flowering thick-stemmed sugar cane Photograph by: Ton Rul

Definition

Ikshavo raktapittaghnaa balyaa vrishyaa kaphapradaaha |
Swaadupaakarasaaha snigdhaha guravo mutralaha himaha ||

Synonyms

Synonyms in Ayurveda: iksu, ikshu, jaggery, sarkara

Saccharum is the Latin name proposed by Linne in 1753 as a derivation from Karkara and Sakkara from Sanskrit and Prakrit.
It is the opinion of many explorers that sugarcane had its origin in Saccharum barberi Jesweit of North India, and that Saccharum officinarum had Polynesian origin.

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