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List of Ayurvedic medicinal plants by sanskrit name (K)

Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants - List by Ayurveda name

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Sanskrit NameBotanical NameFamily
kadali Musa paradisiaca Linn., Musa sapientum Zingiberaceae
kadamba Anthocephalus indicus A. Rich., Anthocephalus cadamba Miq. Rubiaceae
kadara Acacia polyantha Will.
kahu Lactuca scariola Linn., Lactuca sativa, Lactuca capitata Asteraceae
kairavini Nymphaea alba Linn., Nymphaea versicolor, Nymphaea odoratta, Nymphaea Castalia alba Nymphaeaceae
kakajangha Peristrophe bicalyculata Nees Acanthaceae
kakamaci Solanum nigrum Linn. Solanaceae
kakanasa Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour., Trichosanthes bracteata Voigt Cucurbitaceae
kakodumbara Ficus hispida Linn. Urticaceae
kakoi Fritillaria roylei Hook.f. Liliaceae
kakoli Roscoea purpurea Royle., Roscoea prucera Wall. Zingiberaceae
kala dana Ipomoea hederaceae Jacq. Convolvulaceae
kalashaka Corchorus capsularis Linn. Tiliaceae
kalaya Lathyrus aphaca Linn. Fabaceae
kalaya Pisum sativum Linn. Fabaceae
kalikari Gloriosa superba Linn. Liliaceae
kamala Nelumbium speciosum Willd., Nelumbium nucifera Nymphaeaceae
kampillaka Mallotus philippinensis Muell.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae
kamsamara Hugonia mystax Linn. Linaceae
kancanara rakta Bauhinia variegata Linn. Fabaceae
kancanara shveta Bauhinia racemosa Roxb. Fabaceae
kandira Ranunculus sceleratus Linn. Ranunculaceae
kankola Picrorrhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth., Picrorrhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell Scrophulariaceae
kankushtha Piper cubeba Linn., Cubeba officinallis Miq. Piperaceae
kannanthali Exacum bicolor Roxb. Gentianaceae
kantakari Garcinia morella Desr., Solanum xeylanicum Guttiferae
kantala Agave americana Linn., Agave cantula, Agave cantala Amaryllidaceae
kaphi Coffea arabica Linn. Rubiaceae
kapikacchu Mucuna pruriens DC.,Mucuna Carpopogon, Dolicos pruriens Fabaceae
kapittha Feronia limonia, Limonia acidissima Linn. Rutaceae
karamarda Carissa congesta Linn. Apocynaceae
karamardi Carissa carandus Linn. Apocynaceae
karanja, Pongamia glabra Linn., Pongamia pinnata, Galedupa indica Fabaceae
karavella Momordica charantia Linn. Cucurbitaceae
karavira Nerium indicum Mill. Apocynaceae
karira Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew. Capparidaceae
karkandhu Zizyphus oenoplia (Linn.) Mill. Rhamnaceae
karkatashringi Pistacia chinensia, Pistacia integerrima Stewart. Anacardiaceae
karkati Cucumis utilissimus Roxb., Cucumis utilissimus Linn. Cucurbitaceae
karmaranga Averrhoa carambola Linn. Oxalidaceae
karpasa Gossypium herbaceum Linn. Malvaceae
karpasa Gossypium arboreum Linn. Malvaceae
karpura Cinnamomum camphora Lauraceae
karpuratulasi Ocimum kilimandscharicum Guerke Lamiaceae
kasamarda Cassia occidentalis Linn. Fabaceae
kasani Cichorium intybus Linn. Asteraceae
kaseru Scirpus grossus Linn. Cyperaceae
kasha Saccharum spontaneum Linn. Poaceae
kasheru Scirpus kysoor Cyperaceae
kataka Strychnos potatorum Loganiaceae
katambhara Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad Solanaceae
katchu Arum colocasia, Arum antiquorum, Theobroma cacao Linn. Sterculiaceae
katphala Sida rhombifolia Linn. Malvaceae
katphala Myrica nagi Thunb., Myrica sapida, Myrica cerifera Myricaceae
katphala Myrica esculenta, Myrica nagi Myricaceae
kattukiriyath Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall., Andrographis atropurpurea Acanthaceae
katuka Myrica carifera Myricaceae
katuki Luffa amara Roxb. Cucurbitaceae
katuvira Capsicum annum Linn. Solanaceae
kausumbha Carthamus tinctorius Linn. Asteraceae
kavakava Piper methysticum Piperaceae
kayaputi Melaleuca leucadendron Linn. Myrtaceae
kembuka Brassica oleracea Linn. Cruciferae
kemuka Costus speciosus Sm. Zingiberaceae
kesaram Crocus sativus Linn. Irideae
ketaki Pandanus tectorius auct. Pandanaceae
khadira Acacia catechu Willd.
khanda Ephedra vulgaris Rich. Gnetaceae
kharjuri Phoenix sylvestris Roxb. Arecaceae
khatmi Althea officinalis Linn. Malvaceae
khor Acacia senegal Willd. Fabaceae
khubakalam Sisymbrium irio Cruciferae
kiratatikta Swertia chirata Buch-Ham Gentianaceae
kitamari Aristolochia bracteata Retz. Aristolochiaceae
kodrava Paspalum scrobiculatum Linn., Echinochloa frumentacea Poaceae
kokilaksha Asteracantha longifiolia Nees, Hygrophila longifolia Acanthaceae
koshamra Schleichera trijuga Willd. Sapindaceae
koshataki Luffa acutangulata Linn. Cucurbitaceae
krishna jiraka Carum carvi Linn. Umbelliferae
krishna kamala Passiflora incarnata Passifloraceae
krishna sirish Mimosa amara, Albizzia amara Boivin. Fabaceae
krishnabija Ipomoea hederacea auct. Convolvulaceae
krishnacandana Coscinium fenestratum Gaertn. & Colebr. Menispermaceae
krishnanimba Bergera koenigii (Linn.) Spreng., Murraya koenigii Rutaceae
krishnmlika Garuga pinnata Roxb. Burseraceae
kshetra parpata Oldenlandia corymbosa Linn., Oldenlandia biflora, Oldenlandia herbacea Rubiaceae
kshiracampaka Plumeria rubra Linn., Plumeria acutifolia Poir. Apocynaceae
kshirakakoli Lilium polyphyllum D. Don Liliaceae
kshiravidari Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq., Ipomoea paniculata R. Br. Convolvulaceae
kshudrapanasa Artocarpus communis Forst., Artocarpus incisus Linn. f. Moraceae
kshudrashimbi Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Taub., Cyamopsis psoralioides DC. Fabaceae
kubjaka Rosa moschata Mill, Rosa damascena Rosaceae
kukundara Blumea lacera DC. Asteraceae
kulattha Dolichos biflorus Linn., Vigna unquiculata Fabaceae
kumari Aloe vera Linn., Aloe barbadensis Liliaceae
kumbhi Careya arborea Roxb. Lecythidaceae
kumbhika Pistia stratiotus Linn. Araceae
kumuda Nymphaea stellata, Euryale ferox Nymphaeaceae
kumudam Nymphaea nouchali Burm.F. Nymphaeaceae
kunda Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andr., Jasminum pubescens Willd. Oleaceae
kunda Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume Araceae
kupilu Glycosmis arborea (Roxb.) DC. Rutaceae
kupilu Strychnos nuxvomica Linn. Loganiaceae
kurandika Ammania baccifera Linn. Lythraceae
kurantaka Barleria prionitis Linn. Acanthaceae
kusha Desmostachya bipinnata Staff. Poaceae
kushmanda Benincasa hispida Cogn. Cucurbitaceae
kushtha Saussurea lappa Clarke Asteraceae
kutaja Holarrhena antidysenterica (white) Wall. Apocynaceae
kutira Portulaca quadrifida Linn. Portulacaceae

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