Scientific Name Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.= T. cuneata Roth Family Combretaceae Used Part Bark. Distribution Area A large, evergreen tree, common in most parts of India. . It is rare in the Karnatic, but is fairly plentiful in Tirunelveli and on the west coast. It extends north- wards to the sub-Himalayan tract, where it is distributed along the banks of streams; in Punjab, it is a cultivated tree. It is common in Chota Nagpur, Orissa and in the Northern Circars. Common Uses .The bark is astringent,sweet, acrid,cooling aphrodisiac,

Scientific Name Operculina turpethum (Linn.) Silva Manso syn. Ipomoea turpethum R. Br. Family Convolvulaceae Used Part Stem. Distribution Area A large perennial twiner in Himalayan, Madesh,and Terai region upto 900m in Nepal and it is occasionally grown in gardens for ornament.

Scientific Name Cyanodon dactylon (Linn.) Pers. Family Poaceae Used Part Whole grass. Distribution Area The grass grows throughout India ascending up to 8,000 ft. Common Uses The plant is astringent, sweet, cooling,haemostatic, depurative, vulnerary, constipating, diuretic and tonic, and is useful in vitiated conditions of pitta and kapha, hyperdispsia, burning sensation, haemoptysis, haematuria, erysipelas, leprosy, skin diseases, vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, strangury, colporrhagia, abortion and general debility. The plant is acrid,sweet cooling, useful in biliousness, thirst, vomitting, burning sensation, bad taste in the mouth, hallucinations, epileptic fits, fatigue, leprosy, scabies, skin diseases, dysentery, fever, erysipelas, epistaxis.

Scientific Name Carthamus tinctorius Linn. Family Asteraceae. Used Part Flowers. Distribution Area Cultivated throughout India. As an oilseed crop, safflower is cultivated in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Scientific Name  Vanda tessellata  (Roxb.) Hook ex Don (=V.roxburghii R.BR.) <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Scientific Name Phyllanthus emblica Linn. ( E. officinalis Gaertn. syn.Phyllanthus emblica Linn.) Family Euphorbiaceae Used Part Fruit rind. Distribution Area The tree is common in the mixed deciduous forests of India ascending to 4,500 ft. on the hills. Common Uses . Amla fruit has been held in high esteem in indigenous medicine. It is acrid, cooling, refrigerant, diuretic and laxative. The raw fruit is eaten as an aperient. Dried fruit is useful in haemorrhage, diarrhoea and dysentery. In ombination with iron, it is used as a remedy for anaemia, jaundice and dyspepsia. A fermented liquor prepared from the fruit is used in jaundice, dyspepsia and cough. Emblic myrobalan is used