I have a plant growing in our balcony. The leaves are very good for memory. I will upload a photo soon. Regards, Mani
On 5/18/12, OZmic <[email protected]> wrote: > Dr. Pankaj Kumar took me by surprise. He looked at a page that had no > Indian names. > I have had to update this page quickly (therefore not so well). Here are > the results. Please send plenty of feedback. I'll post a full set of ref. > at some point. The main basic one (without any scripted names) usually with > all the names in various forms is *ENVIS Frlht Environmental Information > System* [3]*.* > ASSAMESE : ব্ৰাহ্মী Brahmi [3] [30] [31]. > BENGALI : ব্রাদ্রমী শাক Brādramī śāka [MHP], ব্রাহ্মী শাক Brāhmi śāk [M > HP], Brahmi-sak [3] [31] , Barmi shak [3]. > > ENGLISH : Bacopa, Brain plant, Coastal waterhyssop, Coastal water hyssop > [1], > Herb of grace (HoC), Indian-pennywort [1] [31] (HoC), Moneywort, Monnier's > bacopa, Thyme-leaved graticula (Pankaj Oudhia), , Water hyssop (Dr. Duke) > (HoC), White hyssop. > > GUJARATI : Jalanevari, Jalbrahmi. > HINDI : Adha birni* *(Rehm), Baam [3], Barami, ब्राह्मी Brahmi [MHP] [31] [ > VS], ब्राह्मी जड़ी बूटी Brāhmī jaṛī būṭī [29H] , Brambhiv, Jalbuti [3], > Jalnim [3], Nirbraini [3], Mandukaparni (HoC), Pan brahmi [3], Safed chamni* > *(Rehm)*. > * > > KANNADA : Brahmi [3] [31], Jalabrahmi [3] [31], Nirbrahmi , Neer brahmi [3] > . > > MALAYALAM : Barna, ബ്രഹ്മി [28] [29M], Brahmi [27] [MHP], Nirbrahmi [3]. > > MARATHI : Ghola, Brahmi. > NEPALESE : मेधा गिरी Medha giree. > > SANSKRIT : Adha-birni* *(Rehm), Aindri [3], Brahmi [3], Gundala [1] [3] [ > 31], Indravalli [1] [3] [31], Jalasaya [1] [3] [31], Jala brahmi, > Nira-brahmi. > > TAMIL : Neer brahmi, நீர்ப்pராமி Nirbrahmi [31], நீர்ப்பிரமி [MHP] > Niirpirami > [MHP], Nirabradhmi, Nirpirami, பிரமி [MHP] Pirami [MHP]. > > TELUGU : Neeri sambraani mokka [3] [31], Sambraanichettu [3], Sambrani > chettu [3] [31], Sambrareni aaku [3], Saraswathi aku. > URDU : Brahmisak (Pakistan). > > Names above are mostly reliable when in original script. Names with > reference numbers are also reliable, the more ref. the better. *Names which > should have a scripted match* but don't, and have no ref. number *are only > there to encourage further searches for reliable scripted names.* > > "Brahmi" is applied to *Centella > asiatica<http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Centella.html#asiatica> > * (L.) > Urb.<http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Centella.html#asiatica>in > Northern and Western India but defines > *Bacopa monnieri *(L.) Pennell in Kerala (Southern India). (ref. McGuffin > et al. 2000) > > "Mandukaparni" applies to *Bacopa monnieri *(L.) Pennell in Northern and > Western India but defines *Centella > asiatica<http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Centella.html#asiatica> > * (L.) > Urb.<http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Centella.html#asiatica>in > Kerala. (ref. McGuffin et al. 2000). > > > * *It is stated on the Maharishi Ayurveda site : "Two main herbs > (Herpestis Monniera, Bacopa Monnieri ) go by the name of Brahmi in the > ancient Ayurvedic texts. Some experts from The Council of Maharishi > Ayurveda Physicians feel that Herpestis Monniera is more authentic and is > preferable for mental benefits except where urinary flow, purification, and > immunomodulation is desired by the physician. > The other herb that commonly goes by this name is more popularly known in > the U.S. as Gotu-Kola, or Centella asiatica, called Mandukaparni. " > > Unfortunately modern scientists have lumped both plants (Herpestis monniera > and Bacopa monnieri), if ever there were 2 distinctive plants involved, in > the same bag - i.e. they are considered as synonyms. >
