Classification and Vernacular names of kaseru - Scirpus grossus L..

kaseru :

Scirpus grossus

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Scirpus
Species: Scirpus grossus


Allied species:

Actinoscirpus grossus L.f. (1781), Hymenochaete grossa (L.f.) Nees (1834), Schoenoplectus grossus (L.f.) Palla (1911).


VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Kaseruka, gundakanda, kaseru, kaseruh, kaseruka, kasheruka, rajakaseruka
English: Water chestnut
Hindi: Kaseru
Urdu: Kaseru
Telugu: Guntatungagaddi
Bengali: Kesur, keshura
Marathi: Kasara, kachera, kachora
Oriya: Kasaru Maeda, kasai kanda
Gujarathi: Kasela, kasola
Tamil: Gundatigagaddi
Malayalam: Kazhi muthanga
Kannada: Keasure gadd, kaseruva, kothigadde
Punjabi: Kaseru
Assamese: Kaheru
Chinese: Da piao cao.


Varities:

Classical Categorisation 

Bhavaprakasha - Shaka Varga
Kaiyyadeva Nighantu  - Oushadhi Varga 
Raja Nighantu- Shalmalyadi Varga 

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