yashtimadhu :
Taxonomical Classification
Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Glycyrrhiza
Species: Glycyrrhiza glabra
Allied species:
Glycyrrhiza aspera
Glycyrrhiza echinata Wild Liquorice, Chinese licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota American Liquorice
Glycyrrhiza malensis
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Gan Cao
Polypodium glycyrrhiza Licorice Fern
VERNACULAR NAMES
Sanskrit: yastyahvasya, yashtimadhu, madhuka, yashti, madhur, atirasa, saumya, shoshapaha, jalaja, madhuparni, madhuyashtiEnglish: licorice (root) sweet wood
Hindi: Mulethi, Jethimadhu
Urdu: Mulethi, Asl-us-sus
Telugu: Yashtimadhukam
Bengali: Yashtimadhu
Marathi: Jeshtimadh
Oriya: Jatimadhu, Jastimadhu
Gujarathi: Jethimadh
Tamil: Atimadhuram, Irattimadhuram
Malayalam: Atimadhuram, irattimadhuram
Kannada: Atimadhura, Jeshtamadhu
Punjabi: Jethimadh, Mulathi
Arabic: Shagaret es-sus Erqsus
Assamese: Jesthimadhu, Yeshtmadhu
French: : Reglisse, Reglisse glabre, Reglisse Officinale
Varities:
Licorice comprises about 20 species of sticky, sometimes hairy perennial herbs with creeping rootstalk. One of the most common types used medicinally is Glycyrrhiza glabra (glykys, the Greek word for “sweet,” rhiza for “root,” and glabra from the Latin for “smooth”).- » Classification and names of yashtimadhu
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